120 REPORT— 1880. 



Report of the Anthropometric Committee, consisting of Dr. Farr, 

 Dr. Beddoe, Mr. Brabrook {Secretary), Sir Gteorge Campbell, 

 Mr. F. P. Fellows, Major-General A. L. F. Pitt-Kivers, Mr. 

 F. G-alton, Mr. J. Park Harrison, Mr. James Heywood, Mr. 

 P. Hallett, Professor Leone Levi, Dr. F. A. Mahomed, Dr. 

 MuiRHEAD, Sir Eawson Kawson, Mr. Charles Egberts, and 

 Professor Rolleston. 



[Plates IV., V., and VI.] 



The appointment of this Committee was renewed at the SheflSeld meeting 

 ' for the Purpose of Continuing the Collection of Observations on the 

 Systematic Examination of Heights, Weights, &c., of Human Beings in 

 the British Empire, and the Publication of Photographs of the Typical 

 Races of the Empire.' Since their first appointment at the Bristol 

 meeting, in 1875, the Committee have had the advantage of being pre- 

 sided over by Dr. Farr, who has taken the deepest interest in their 

 labours, and has placed without reserve at their service his unrivalled skill 

 and long experience in the collection and arrangement of statistics. That 

 advantage, they regret to say, they will be deprived of in future. Dr. Farr 

 having intimated a desire to retire from the office of Chairman on the 

 ground of ill-health : a desire to which the Committee felt compelled to 

 accede, while returning him their hearty thanks for his past services. 

 Should the Committee be reappointed, Mr. P. Galton, F.R.S., has been good 

 enough to consent to be nominated Chairman in the place of Dr. Farr. 



It may be recollected that the Committee reported, in the year 1878, 

 that their work up to that point had been rather tentative and experi- 

 mental, and gave details of the forms and instruments which, after much 

 consideration, bad been adopted by them to secure both accuracy and 

 uniformity. 



The instruments are : — 



1. A weighing machine. 



2. A simple apparatus for measuring height. 



3. A Coxeter's spirometer. 



4 A spring balance for testing strength of ai'm. 



In the Report of last year they were able to state that they had 

 collected 12,000 original observations on weight and height, supplemented 

 in many cases by observations of chest-girth, colour of hair and eyes, 

 strength, and eyesight, and to furnish a number of tables, based on 

 selected portions of these returns, indicating the results to be obtained 

 from them. In the present year they have the satisfaction of reporting a 

 considerable addition to the materials at their command, the new observa- 

 tions of the year being nearly equal in number to all those collected in 

 previous years. These are shown in Tables I. and II. 



The Committee submit that they are carrying on a work of no mean 

 value to social statistics, supplementary to that of the National Census ; 

 one that could not be performed except through voluntary association, 

 such as they are exerting themselves successfully to obtain. 



They feel it a duty to return hearty thanks to the numerous observers, 

 whose names are mentioned in these tables (I. and II.), and who have ren- 

 dered their zealous and obliging services at great sacrifice of time. They 

 have also to thank the Registrar-General, and Mr, W. Clode and Mr. J. T. 

 Hammick, of the General Register OfiBce, for courteous and kind assistance. 



