50 REPORT— 1895. 



Section H. 



Mr. Hartland said that he was there owing to the very sad and sudden 

 bereavement sustained a few weeks ago by Mr. Brabrook, the Chairman 

 of the Ethnographical Survey Committee, who was consequently unable 

 to attend. The Ethnographical Survey was a matter in which the Corre- 

 sponding Societies were especially capable of rendering assistance. Indeed, 

 without their aid, it was almost impossiljle that the work could be carried 

 to a successful issue. The Committee drew up in the early part of the 

 year a circular to the local societies offering them copies of the schedule. 

 Hitherto, however, they had met with little response from the local socie- 

 ties. Possibly the schedule was not sufficiently self-explanatory. The 

 work of the Ethnographical Survey had so many branches that one of 

 them could hardly fail to interest the more active members of the local 

 societies. When the Committee had obtained its grant, as it hoped to do, 

 it proposed to begin operations in Galway, having found a thoroughly 

 qualified man to undertake the work, the expense having been estimated 

 at 20^. He hoped to be able to report progress at the next meeting, and 

 would be very glad, in the meantime, if the Corresponding Societies would 

 circulate their schedules and bring the Survey under the notice of their 

 members. 



Mr. Slater said that he wished to say a few words on behalf of Dr. 

 Colby, who was unavoidably absent. Dr. Colby (Malton) was chairman 

 of a sub-committee which was already going on with the work, though it 

 was not sufficiently advanced to allow of a report this year. However, he 

 hoped to be able to send one next year. The district in which Dr. Colby 

 was working was a very primitive one. 



INIr. Hartland remarked that the Malton Naturalists' Society was one 

 of those which had responded to their circular. 



The Chairman noted the great variety of the work proposed by the 

 Ethnographical Survey Committee. Besides the physical measurements 

 required, and the colour of the hair, eyes, &c., there was a wide field for the 

 amateur photographer, for those interested in folklore, linguistic differ- 

 ences, place-names, and local variations in tastes and habits. The Ethno- 

 graphical Committee have a certain number of instruments which they are 

 willing to place in the hands of those who would undertake measurements. 

 The note drawn up by Mr. Hartland would still further exemplify the 

 kind of work required. The Committee had met with great success during 

 the past year, and the work done around Ipswich was very satisfactory. 

 He trusted that the delegates would urge their societies to form local 

 centres everywhere to carry on the work. 



Mr. Hartland wished to draw attention to a point which had not been 

 mentioned, the preservation of ancient monuments of all kinds, which 

 should be scheduled, described, and photographed. He had just received 

 a letter from the secretary of a local committee in Pembrokeshire, who 

 stated that some ancient stones and some pit dwellings had ah-eady been 

 discovered there. 



The Chairman wished to say a word or two about another Committee — 

 that concerned with the measurement of school-children. Many schools 

 had been doing good work in their own way, but, unfortunately, there had 

 been no uniform system, so t"hat the results at one school could not be 

 compared with those at another. The Committee, after inquiring into the 

 various systems practised, had drawn up one which he hoped would prove 

 acceptable to the various schools. It was of the highest importance that 



