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the position in which the strength of arm shonld be tested ; and (7) a 

 card containing dots for testing eyesight. 



The instruments are : (1). A weighing machine. (2). A simple ap- 

 paratus for measuring height. (3). A spirometer ; and (4) a spring 

 balance for testing strength of arm. Of these instruments the Committee 

 have purchased four complete sets. 



A great number of the forms have been distributed to persons in various 

 parts of the country. 



The schedules already filled up and received by the Committee relate 

 to the measurements of the boys at Westminster School, the 2nd Royal 

 Surrey Militia, letter-sorters in the General Post Office, recruits, persons 

 employed in a large manufactory in Bedford, criminals ; and a few relate 

 to persons engaged in different occupations. Some of these, however, 

 have not been taken strictly according to the instructions drawn out by 

 the Committee, and some of them are of less value than the rest. 



Other measurements have been promised by Dr. Mouat ; by the Rev. 

 George Style, the head-master of a grammar-school in Yorkshire ; by Dr. 

 Farr ; and by Capt. Brown, of the 18th Kent Rifle Volunteers. Capt.Brown 

 states, in his letter to Dr. Farr, that he will have much pleasure in fur- 

 nishing measurements of the men in his corps — about 100 ; and that he 

 will see personally the other eight commanding officers, and ask them to 

 assist the Committee. Should Capt. Brown be able to obtain the whole, 

 they will amount to about 900 men. 



Amongst those who have furnished the Committee with measurements 

 may be mentioned the names of Major-General Lane Fox, Mr. Francis 

 Galton, Inspector-General Lawson, Dr. Waller Lewis, Dr. Bain, Dr. Scott, 

 the head-master of Westminster School, and Professor Rudler. 



A few sets of tables have been prepared from the above returns, show- 

 ing the age and height, age and weight, age and strength, and average 

 height, weight, and strength, as well as the ratio between height and 

 weight and the ratio between height and strength. 



An extract from the tables relating to criminals has been drawn out by 

 Mr. Francis Galton, as an illustration of one of the methods in which it 

 is proposed to deal with facts collected by the Committee, to be circulated 

 with their forms and instructions. 



General Lane Fox has written a full report on the measurements, which 

 he personally superintended, of the 2nd Royal Surrey Militia ; and from 

 which he has prepared several tables, which are shown at the end of his 

 report. His tables, though differently constructed, agree in nearly every 

 particular with those prepared under the direction of Dr. Farr. 



It will be observed that several gentlemen have promised to furnish the 

 Committee with measurements, and they hope soon to be in possession of 

 such facts as will enable them to compare the results with the different 

 classes of the population, and to determine the physical characters of 

 persons born and living in different parts of the country. 



In the meantime the Committee abstain from submitting incomplete 

 results ; they, however, think the following short abstract from some of 

 the tables alluded to may be of sufficient interest to deserve consideration. 



