208 REPORT—1905. 
Tt remains to be seen whether the differences between the means thus 
found for different parts of Egypt may be regarded as real, or as 
accidentally due to an insufficient number of measurements. It will be 
noted that the most striking deviations in the indices are between the 
cephalic indices of Giza (73° 76) and Dakahlia (75-01), between the upper 
facial indices of Sharkia (47°56) and Baheira (49-00), between the nasal 
indices of Kena (78-90) and Dakahlia (73°41), and between the auriculo- 
gnathic indices of Girga (103-44) and Sharkia (100-01). But the only 
sure method of deciding whether these differences are real or accidental 
is by a study of their probable errors. These are in course of being 
worked out. Meanwhile, however, there can be little doubt that the 
people of Lower Egypt turn out to be decidedly more leptorhine and 
more orthognathous than those of Upper Egypt. 
Further, an interesting result may be anticipated from an examination 
of the frequency curves of these measurements, each curve representing 
the distribution of a given measurement in a different province. Such 
a study may lead to the recognition of distinct types within the general 
population of Egypt, supposing it be found that measurements tend to 
accumulate round certain values which are constant in the various 
provinces of Egypt. 
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Archeological and Ethnological Researches in Crete.—Report of the 
Committee, consisting of Sir Joan Evans (Chairman), Mr, J. L. 
Myres (Secretary), Mr, R. C. Bosanquet, Dr. A. J. Evans, Mr, 
D. G. HoGarta, Professor A. MACALISTER, and Professor W. 
RIDGEWAY. 
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APPENDIX.—Ewcavations at Knossos in Crete,1905. By Dr. ARTHUR J. EVANS 209 
THE Committee report that of the grant assigned to them at the Cambridge 
meeting of the Association the sum of 75/. has been paid over, as usual, 
to the Cretan Exploration Fund, and expended in furthering the excava- 
tions of Dr, Arthur J. Evans, whose report on the season of 1905 is 
appended. 
The sum of 50/., allocated to ethnological research in 1904 but 
unexpended, has been put at the disposal of Mr.C. H. Hawes, M.A., of 
Trinity College, Cambridge, to continue the observations begun by Mr. 
W. L. H. Duckworth in 1903 on the physical characters of the ancient 
and modern population of Crete. Mr. Hawes reached Crete in April 
1905, spent some time studying the anthropological materials which were 
brought to light in the excavations of the British School of Archeology 
at Palaikastro in Eastern Crete, and made a series of journeys through- 
out the other provinces of Crete with the object of obtaining further 
observations of the modern population. His full report is not yet 
received. 
Both branches of the Committee’s work continue to promise results 
of the highest scientific value. The Committee therefore asks to be 
reappointed, with a further grant of 100J. 
