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Table XXVI. — Leo-girth of Boys at Marlborough College. ' Measured 

 at the thickest part of the calf, the muscles being at rest.' 



Note. — The leg-girth should be taken in the standing position at the thickest 

 part of the calf. The right leg in right-legged persons, and the left leg in left- 

 legged persons, should be measured. 



VII. Telegraph Messengers. 



Mr. G. Carrick Steet has published, in the 'St. George's Hospital Re- 

 ports ' (1874-6), a paper on the development and growth of boys between 

 13 and 20 years of age, from which Table XXVII. is extracted. 



This table shows the average weight, chest-girth, and lifting strength 

 of boys of the same stature, but of different ages, and elicits the interest- 

 ing fact that there is, with increasing age, an increase in the weight, 

 girth, and strength, even when the height remains stationary. Mr. Steet 

 constructed the table to form standards of the average physical pro- 

 portions of candidates for the postal, telegraph, and similar branches of 

 the Civil Service throughout the country — a purpose for which they are 

 well fitted. The figures in black type indicate the stature of the boys 

 "which should be selected. 



VIII. Females. 



Hitherto the Committee has been engaged in obtaining statistics re- 

 lating only to males, but they have received from Mrs. Bovell-Sturge, 

 M.D. (Paris), observations on 100 girls, by the consent and co-operation 

 of Miss Buss, of the North London Collegiate School. These will be 

 dealt with in future reports. 



