ON THE SURVEY OF EASTERN PALESTINE. 279 



separation. It seems probable, however, that while the Nummulitic 

 limestones predominate in the Egyptian and Nubian areas, those of the 

 Cretaceous period were more fully developed over the area of Arabia 

 Petrsea and Palestine. 



' The scientific results of which the above is a summary are intended 

 to be published in extenso by the Palestine Exploration Fund, together 

 with a geological map of the whole district, and one on a larger scale of 

 Wady el Arabah. The popular narrative of the expedition will appear 

 before the close of the year.' 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Brabrook (Secretary), 

 Mr. Francis G-alton, Sir Rawson Rawson, and Mr. C. Roberts, 

 appointed for the purpose of defraying the expenses of complet- 

 ing the preparation of the final Report of the Anthropometric 

 Committee. 



The members of the Committee report : — 



1. That they have met and have applied the 107. voted to them in 

 payment to Mr. J. Henry Young for his assistance in the calculation of 

 the tables in the final report. 



2. That they have received from Dr. C. K. Ord, R.N., Dr. Power, 

 of Her Majesty's Convict Prison at Portsmouth, and other gentlemen, 

 additional information and suggestions of new branches of inquiry. Dr. 

 Ord's observations have been published in the annual report of the "West 

 Kent Natural History, Microscopical, and Photographic Society. Obser- 

 vations on Eyesight, and a Scale of Physical Proportions, by Mr. Charles 

 Roberts, are appended to this report. 



."!. That they have had brought under their notice from many quarters 

 evidence of the interest which the work of the Anthropometric Committee 

 has excited, and of the desire to follow it up. 



4. That they recommend, therefore, that a small committee should be 

 reappointed for the purpose of continuing and promoting the collection 

 of Anthropometric observations. 



Observations on Eyesight, contributed by Mr. C. Roberts. 



Much unnecessary alarm has been caused in this country by the 

 publication of observations made in Germany on the deteriorating 

 influences of certain occupations, and especially of school and college life, 

 on the eyesight of children and young persons. The statistics collected 

 by the Anthropometric Committee, though not so numerous as could be 

 wished, show that no such deterioration occurs in England, but, on the 

 contrary, that between ages 10 and 40 years a slight improvement takes 

 place, a result which might be expected from the operation of the 

 physiological law that the function of an organ increases with its use. 

 As no English statistics of eyesight bearing on this subject have been 

 published, the following may be acceptable. 



Observations were made by means of the Army test-dots on all classes 

 of the population following town and country occupations. The test-dots 



