ON THE WORK OF THE ANTHROPOMETRIC LABORATORY. 619 



tively. A duplicate of the schedule with the measurements recorded on 

 it is handed to each person measured. The metric system is used, and 

 all measurements are expressed in millimetres except the weight, pull, and 

 vital capacity of lungs, which are given in pounds and cubic inches, 

 owing to the instruments not being graduated to kilogrammes and cubic 

 centimetres. The total number of persons measured during the Cardiff 

 meeting was 103, of whom 73 were males and 30 were females. This is 

 somewhat fewer than during the previous meeting, and is partly to be 

 accounted for by the fact that during the first few days of the meeting 

 comparatively few persons visited the laboratory, although towards the 

 end there was far more work to do than could be got through. The 

 meeting was also a small one, and the weather was exceedingly bad. 



Since the close of the meeting the statistics of the observations then 

 made have been carefully worked up under the direction of the Secretary 

 after the plan which has been adopted in dealing with those of former 

 years, and are as follows : — 



Age. — The males examined varied in age from 18 to 69 years. Of 

 theseonly 3 were 18 and under 20 years, 15 between 20 and 30 years, 

 23 between 30 and 40 years, 17 between 40 and 60 years, 11 between 50 

 and 60 years, and 4 between 60 and 70 years. Of the females 2 were under 

 18 years of age, and are not included in the statistics, 2 were between 

 18 and 20 years, 10 between 20 and 30 years, 7 between 30 and 40 years, 

 4 between 40 and 50 years, 4 between 50 and 60 years, and 1 between 60 

 and 70 years. 



Birthplace and Residence. — Only 18, that is about 25 per cent, of the 

 males, and 10, that is 33 per cent, of the females, were born in or near 

 Cardiff, or are Welsh by birth. The remainder of both sexes came from 

 various parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the percentages from each, 

 place being small, on account of tlie number of counties represented. As 

 regards residence the number of dwellers in large towns and the country 

 were about equal in number. 



Occupation. — The larger proportion of the males measured were pro- 

 fessional men ; the minority were engaged in commercial pursuits. 



Colour of Eyes. — The colour of the eyes was tested with Mr. F. Gal- 

 ton's set of standards — light, medium, and dark in colour. According to 

 this scale 43-9 per cent, of the males were light- eyed, 27'3 per cent, 

 medium or of grey colour, and 28-8 per cent, were dark-coloured, includ- 

 ing the various shades of brown. Of the females 10 had light eyes, 8 

 medium, and 9 dark eyes out of 27. On account of the smallness of the 

 numbers the latter have not been reduced to percentages. 



Colour of Hair. — Dividing the hair into the classes of dark, medium, 

 and light, with special classes, if required, for red and albino, and omit- 

 ting all cases of grey hair due to senile changes, 48-2 of the males had 

 light hair, 111 had medium, and 407 per cent, had dark hair. As there 

 was no standard to give to the observer of the limits of each class the 

 figures just given are his own ideas as to the different shades, and it is 

 evident that many cases of medium-coloured hair have been included 

 amongst the light-haired group. For this reason comparison of the fre- 

 quency of the various combinations of colour of eyes and hair has not been 

 attempted. This defect in the observations on the colour of the hair will 

 be remedied in future, as the standards of eyes and hair have since the last 

 meeting of the Association been published in the new edition of ' Notes 

 and Queries on Anthropology.' 



