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origin and town origin respectively. They availed themselves of the 

 observations made during several years at Marlborough College to show 

 the usefulness of such systematic records. 



7. — In the present year, the sixth of their existence, the Committee have 

 not carried on operations under favourable circumstances. The returns 

 obtained in relation to the several classes are now of sufficient number 

 to make it desii'able to subject them to scientific ari'angement by skilled 

 computers, but the small fund at the disposal of the Committee (30/.) 

 has not been sufficient to enable this to bo done comjiletely. 



8. — The same cause has prevented the incurring any expense in 

 grants towards actual observations, which, as they involve skill and care 

 and time, ought, in many cases, to be paid for. The whole of the returns 

 collected during the year have been due to obliging voluntary assistance. 



9. — -The Committee think it an important part of their duties to show 

 how observations should be made, and how they should be used when 

 obtained. From this point of view, they are inclined to hope that their 

 labours have been very successful. 



10. — It is confidently anticipated that many ot tlic persons who have 

 been furnished with the forms and instructions adopted by tlie Committee, 

 and to whom these reports arc accessible, Avill proceed with the collection 

 and recording of observations on the definite system laid down, and that, 

 by this means, valuable results will be obtained and made available even 

 after the Committee have ceased operations. 



11. — This remark applies particularly to the case of the public and other 

 schools and institutions which have furnished information to the Com- 

 mittee, as recorded in the present and previous reports. In each of these 

 it is hoped that the practice of keeping an anthropometric record will be 

 continued. 



12. — On page 3 is a statement of the additional returns Avhich have 

 been furnished to the Committee during the present year. 



13. — The special thanks of the Committee are due to the contributors, 

 mentioned in the list, whose zealous assistance in a matter necessarily 

 involving a great expenditure of time and trouble deserves most hearty 

 acknowledgment. 



14. — Adding these returns to those referred to in the previous reports, 

 the aggi'egate number of original observations fui'nished to the Committee 

 is as follows : — • 



15. — Upon the main branch of the inquiry, therefore, that of the 

 relation of height and weight to age, the Committee have collected, in 

 round numbers, 30,000 original observations. To these have to be 

 added the 50,000 or more observations independently collected by Mr. 

 Chai'les Roberts, one of the most active members of the Committee. 



