880 REPORT—1899. 
also provide a large amount of material for the study of totemism, marriage 
customs, naming customs, &c. 
By this method, also, vital statistics can be collected of the past as well as of 
the present. The genealogies collected in Torres Straits supply data for the study 
of the size of families, the proportion of the sexes, the fertility of mixed marriages, 
&c. The method has the further advantage of bringing out incidentally many 
facts in the recent history of the people, and of giving insight into their views on 
various subjects. It is also eminently adapted to bring one into sympathy and 
friendly relations with natives. 
A small amount of work on these lines was also done with natives of Tanna and 
Lifu living on Mabuiag; enough was done to show that the method is readily 
applicable to other Melanesian populations, and it is hoped that it may be found 
to be capable of wide application. 
3. The ‘ Cero’ of St. Ubaldino: The Relic of a Pagan Spring Festival 
at Gubbio in Umbria. By D. Maclver. 
4, Exhibition of Ethnographical Specimens from Somali, Galla, 
and Shangalla. By Dr. R. Korrruirz. 
5. The Ethnography of the Lake Region of Uganda. 
By Lieut.-Colonel J. R. L. Macponatp, ££. 
6. Notes on some West African Tribes north of the Benue. 
By Lieut. H. Pope Hennessy. 
