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filled up ; they have also agreed on the more important points concerned 

 in the forms of reduction of the raw materials. 



They are now prepared, with instruments sufficient to enter upon a large 

 field of observation. 



They have expended .£83 lis. 2d. in their prefatory work of the £100 

 that was voted to them, and have handed the residue back to the 

 Treasurer. They now beg that the residue be re-granted to them, to- 

 gether with an additional sum of £83 lis. 2d., which will put them in 

 possession of £100 to carry on operations during the next year, which 

 they trust will produce a valuable harvest of results. 



William Fare, 



July, 1878. Chairman of Anthrojjometric Committee. 



Report of Sub-Committee. 



The Sub-Committee appointed by the Anthropometric Committee to 

 deal with that portion of the reference to them which relates to " the 

 publication of photographs of the typical races of the empire," resolved 

 in the first instance to limit the inquiry to the investigation, by means of 

 photographs, of the national or local types of races prevailing in different 

 parts of the United Kingdom. 



The plan which the Sub-Committee thought it best to adopt was to 

 select a number of districts in which it is believed a distinct type prevails, 

 and in each such district to request the assistance of as many competent 

 observers as can be found ; each to be asked to obtain a limited number 

 of photographs, six to ten, representing in his opinion the type chiefly 

 prevalent among individuals belonging to families long settled and inter- 

 marrying in the district. From the materials thus obtained, the Sub- 

 Committee hope to be able to select representative specimens. 



In the carrying out of this plan, the assistance of professional and 

 amateur photographers, of medical men, and of clergymen, has been 

 sought. A circular has been addressed to about a hundred members of 

 the Association, and a letter has been published, by authority of the 

 Committee, in the ' Photographic News.' This inquiry is one, however, 

 in which almost every member of the Association may be able to assist, 

 and the Sub-Committee (presuming the Association will authoi'ise the 

 continuance of the work) appeal to the members generally for such 

 assistance. 



The Sub-Committee recommend — 



1. That the selected individuals should be adults. 



2. That the details of their pedigree, as far as possible, should be given. 



3. That, in general, only those should be accepted whose two parents 

 and four grandparents were born in or belonged to the district. 



4. That the colour of bair and eyes should be stated, if practicable. 



5. That the photographs should be accompanied by a written description 

 of the particular features they portray as being characteristic of the dis- 

 trict. 



In pursuance of this plan, the Sub-Committee have received from Pro- 

 fessor Rudler an excellent selection of 5 male and 5 female inhabitants of 

 Aberystwith, which are laid upon the table, as specimens of the way in 

 which the work should be done. Mr. Park Harrison, one of their body, 

 has made a selection of types from Wales and Cornwall, and others from 



