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progress those of our members who are experts in this subject 

 will, I doubt not, be glad to take advantage of the opportunity 

 to have all omissions within their knowledge supplied. 



In section H the principal subject was the Ethnographical 

 Survey of the United Kingdom. The Chairman of the Con- 

 ference, who was also a member of this Committee, in especially 

 drawing the attention of the Delegates to its work and the first 

 report, just issued, hoped they would bring it before their 

 respective Societies ; as the kind of work required is essentially 

 local and such as would give greater scope for investigation to 

 the members of their Societies the intention of the Committee 

 is shortly stated in the report as follows : — 



"The Committee propose to record for certain typical 

 villages, parishes, or places, and their vicinity — 



( i) Physical types of the inhabitants ; 



(2) Current traditions and beliefs ; 



(3) Peculiarities of dialect ; 



(4) Monuments and other remains of ancient culture ; 



(5) Historical evidence as to continuity of race.'' 



As a first step, the Committee desire to form a list of such 

 places in the United Kingdom as appear especially to deserve 

 ethnographic study, out of which a selection may afterwards 

 be made for the Survey. The places which appear to them 

 most suitable for entry on the list are such as contain not less 

 than 100 adults, the large majority of whose forefathers have 

 lived there so far back as can be traced, and of whom the 

 desired physical measurements, with photographs, might be 

 obtained. 



The entire report, which occupies over 33 pages of close 

 type, shows the energy and success with which the preliminary 

 work has been prosecuted. Already a list of upwards of 250 

 places in England and Scotland considered suitable for such 

 survey has been made. As regards Ireland, it is stated the 

 matter will be investigated by a sub-committee, under the 

 auspices of the Royal Irish Academy, of which Committee 

 Professor Haddon is the Secretary. From this sub-committee 



