ON THE WORK OF THE ANTHROPOMETRIC LABORATORY. 



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that is to say, were able to read with botli eyes No. G type. Of the 96 

 males, 39 were 46 years of age and upwards. The vision of the females was 

 better, as 30 out of 55 tested, or 52-7 percent., had normal vision; but, on 

 the other hand, only 8 of the number tested were 40 years of age and up- 

 wards. In a large number of cases in both sexes, tlie vision in one eye was 

 more defective than in the other. 



33. No cases of colour blindness were discovered in either males or 

 females. 



The following table gives the canon of proportion of the several parts 

 of the body in relation to the stature, the latter being taken as 100. In 

 this collected form it will be found more convenient for comparison with 

 those of artists. 



Canon of Pro])ortio7i of the Body. 



Males Females 

 Trunk, including head and neck, to the level of the Tither 



On the Korth-Western Tribes of Canada. — Ninth Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Dr. E. B. Tylor, Mr. Gr. H. Bloxam, 

 Dr. Gr. M. Dawson, Mr. K. Gr. Haliburton, and Mr. H. Hale. 



The Committee were appointed, as in former years, to investigate the 

 physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of 

 the North- Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada. 



In consideration of the difi&culties and delays in completing their 

 work of Canadian exploration and editing its results the Committee have 

 been reappointed for this year, without a grant of money. They are 

 thus enabled to send in the following report, by Dr. Franz Boas, on the 

 * Tribes of the Lower Fraser River,' in continuation of his previous com- 

 Biunications. This, however, does not exhaust the anthropological infor- 

 mation in course of being obtained and put in order by the Committee, 

 who hope to bring their investigations to a close during the present year, 

 and to report finally to the Meeting of the Association in 1895. 



