896 



EEPORT — 1893. 



ments. The replies sliow that some form of measurement is, or has been, carried 

 on in twenty-tive schools, details of which will be found in the table below 

 (Table 1). They also show that the methods adopted differ considerably 

 (Table 2), a fact which somewhat detracts from the value of the observations 

 for comparative purposes. 



The advantages of systematic measurements of boys from the scholastic and 

 the scientiSc points of view are alluded to, and it is suggested that an endeavour 

 should he made to encourage and systematise such work in large schools. 



Table 1. — 2Ieasurements Taken (Number of Schools, 25). 



Height . . . . 

 Weight. 

 Chest-girth . 

 Size of liead . 



Table 



Height. 

 In boots 



In gymnastic shoes 

 In socks 

 In bare feet . 

 Not mentioned 



25 



21 



23 







Length of arm . . 3 



Girth „ . .10 



Lens:th of forearm . 3 



Girth „ . .10 



Sight . 



Colour-blindness . 



Hearing 



Lift, or Archer's pull 



2. — Methods of Taking Measurements. 



1 

 3 

 15 

 1 

 5 



Weight. 

 In ordinary clothes 

 In gymnastic ,, 

 Naked 

 Not mentioned . 



15 





 i 



Chest Girth. 

 In ordinary clothes 

 In gymnastic ,, 

 Naked . 

 Not mentioned 



. 

 . 7 

 . 12 

 . 4 



5. Notes on Anthropometric Weighing. 

 By W. WiLBERFOECE Smith, M.I)., M.ii.C.P. 



Some 25,000 separate weighings, made by the author in the course of years, 

 afford some results interesting to the Section, notwithstanding that others, forming 

 the greater part of his observations, are outside its scope. Thus, in June 1892, 

 twelve men of the Horse Guards were tested. Apart from the body weight, 

 together with height, breathing capacity, &c., of these fine fellows, it is suggestive 

 to notice the immense weight of the accoutrements which they wear as ordinarily 

 seen in public. The charts shown also illustrated the following points, viz., the 

 relation of weight to chest-girth, the regular growth of girls, and the remarkable 

 increase which occurs at the time of emergence into womanhood, rapid loss of 

 nutrition associated with departure from home routine, weight in corpulency, and 

 the eiiect of alcohol and of its cessation. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 



The following Report and Papers were read : — 



1. Report on the Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom. 

 See Reports, p. 621. 



2. On Anglo-Saxon Bemains and Coeval Belies from Scandinavia. 

 By Professor Hans Hildebkand. 



3. On the Origin and Development of Early Christian Art in Great Britain 

 and Ireland. By J. Romilly Allen, F. S.A.Scot. 



The object of this paper is to trace the various decorative elements found in 

 early Christian art in Great Britain to their source, and to show in what way the 

 native styles of art existing in this country at the time of the introduction of 



