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the publication of the work and defraying the expenses thereof, which 

 must be very considerably in excess of the contributions made by the 

 Association. 



Report of the Committee, consistiyig of Vrofessov Flower (Chairman), 

 Dr. Garson {Secretary), Mr.BLOXAM, and Dr. AVilberforce Smith, 

 for the purpose of carrying on the tuork of the Anthropometric 

 Laboratory. {Drawn up by Dr. Garsox, Secretary.) 



The Committee has to report that at the Leeds meeting of the Associa- 

 tion last" year excellent accommodation near the reception room was 

 provided by the Local Committee for the anthropometric laboratory. 

 The services of a clerk were, as previously, placed at the disposal of the 

 officers of the Anthropological Section, under whose supervision the 

 work of the laboratory was carried on. By the kind permission of 

 Mr. Francis Gal ton, F.R.S., the services of the superintendent of his 

 laboratory at South Kensington, Sergeant Randall, were again available 

 to carry on the work of the Association laboratory. 



The measurements and observations made in the laboratory were the 

 same as last year, except that the length of the hand was substituted for 

 that of the middle finger, and the form of the profile of the nose was 

 added. They consisted of the age, sex, birthplace, colour of eyes, hair; 

 profile of nose ; height when sitting, kneeling, and standing ; vertical 

 distance from vertex to tragus, mouth, and chin; length and breadth of 

 head ; length and breadth of nose ; length and breadth of face (nasio- 

 mental and bizygomatic respectively) ; length of cubit and of hand; 

 span of arms across the back ; weight in ordinary clothing; strength of 

 pull with each hand; vital capacity of lungs; strength of vision with 

 each eye, and sense of colour ; and in males the maximum and minimum 

 circumference of the chest during inspiration and expiration. A duplicate 

 form of these observations was handed to each person who was measured. 

 The total number of persons measured was 135, of these 95 were males 

 and 40 were females. The number of applicants for measurement was 

 greatly in excess of those who could be measured, so that with a larger 

 staff of assistants in the laboratory many more observations could have 

 been obtained. , 



The Committee acknowledges with thanks the use of Stanley s new 

 medical spirometer for testing the breathing capacity, which was kindly 

 placed at its disposal by the manufacturer, Mr. H. T. Tallack, of 28 Hatton 

 Garden, London. After some preliminary comparison of results obtamed 

 from Hutchinson and Lowne's spirometers and those of the new instru- 

 ment, it was resolved to use the latter exclusively during the meeting. 

 The experience gained from its use last year was so satisfactory that the 

 Committee has arranged, by the kindness of the manufacturer, to use it 

 again this year. The statistics of the observations made at the Leeds 

 meeting have been worked up during the year after the manner adopted 

 in the last two reports. The work of amalgamating the whole of the 

 statistics of observations made at meetings of the Association is being 

 proceeded with each year with a view, as soon as a sufficient number of 



