ON THE ETHNOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 497 
Ethnological Survey of Canada.—Report cf the Committee, consisting 
of Professor D. P. PENHALLOW (Chairman), Dr. G. M. Dawson 
(Secretary), Mr. E. W. Brasroox, Professor A. C. Happon, Mr. 
K. 8. Hartuanp, Sir Jonn G. Bourtnot, Abbé Cuoag, Mr. B. 
SuLTE, Abbé Tanauay, Mr. C. Hiti-Tout, Mr. Davin Boyte, 
Rey. Dr. Scappina, Rev. Dr. J. MacuEan, Dr. Merte Beav- 
CHEMIN, Mr. C, N. Bett, Hon. G. Ross, Professor J. Mavor, 
and Mr. A. F. Hunter, 
APPENDIX PAGE 
I. The Origin of Early Canadian Settlers. By B. SULTE : , ; » 499 
Il. Studies of the Indians of British Columbia. By C. H1uu-Tour . : . 500 
Durine the past year the work of this Committee has been extended in 
important directions, although the great number and diversity of interests 
to be considered, the difficulty of securing interested and competent 
observers, and the great reluctance of many people to be made the subject 
of such investigations, however simple, serve to make our work one of 
slow progress. We nevertheless experience a sense of gratification in 
view of the increasing interest in our investigations manifested during the 
last year, and we feel confident that as the nature of our work becomes 
better and more widely known this interest will gain in strength. 
A large number of schedules giving detailed directions to observers 
have been distributed ; but it was found necessary to issue supplementary 
instructions respecting facial types and directions for certain measure- 
ments. Through the courtesy of Professor F. W. Putnam and Dr. F. 
Boas, we have been enabled to make use of the excellent series of facial 
types employed by the Bureau of Ethnology of the World’s Columbian 
Exposition at Chicago. 
Several requests for anthropometric instruments have been received, 
but, owing to delay in obtaining the instruments ordered, this work has 
not progressed as rapidly as we had hoped, and the expected data will not 
be available until another year. Several observers have already forwarded 
extensive records of measurements, but it would be premature at the 
present time to undertake any analysis of these, as the investigations to 
which they relate are still in progress. 
Much of the work in progress is of such a nature that returns cannot 
be looked for under a year or more, but with the present organisation it 
may be expected that each year will witness an increasing amount of 
material from the various observers. Steps have been taken for the 
special study of groups in different provinces, and it is hoped that these 
efforts may result profitably in the near future. 
The introduction into the North-West of large bodies of Europeans 
who are to become permanently incorporated in our population has sug- 
_ gested the importance of securing, at as early a date as possible, such 
facts relating to their general ethnology as may seem to establish a suit- 
_ able basis for the study of these people under the influence of their new 
environment. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to 
the Doukhobors, and it is probable that similar arrangements may be 
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