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The most generally convenient method of organising a simultaneous 
inquiry under these five heads appears to be the appointment of a sub¬ 
committee in each place, one or more members of which would be prepared 
to undertake each head of the inquiry. For the ancient remains advan¬ 
tage should be taken of the work of the Archaeological Survey where it 
is in operation. The general plan of the Committee is discussed in an 
article, On the Organisation of local Anthropological Research, in the 
‘ Journal of the Anthropological Institute ’ of February 1893. 
For the use of inquirers copies on foolscap paper of the Forms of 
Schedule have been prepared, giving a separate page or pages of foolscap 
for each head of the inquiries, on which are the questions and hints pre¬ 
pared by the Committee, the lower portion of each page, to which should 
be added as many separate sheets of foolscap as may be required, beincr 
left for answers ; and, with regard to the physical observations, a single 
page of foolscap has been set aside for the measurements of each in¬ 
dividual to be observed. The requisite number of copies of the foolscap 
edition of the schedules and of extra copies of the form for the persons 
to be photographed and measured will be supplied on application. 
Communications should all be written on foolscap paper, and the 
writing should be on one side only of the page, and a margin of about one 
inch on the left-hand side of the page should be left, with a view to 
future binding. 
Directions for Measurement. 
Instrument required for these measurements :—The ‘ Traveller’s 
Anthropometer,’ manufactured by Aston A Mander, 25 Old Compton 
Street, London, W.C. ; price 'M. 3s. complete ; without 2-metre steel 
measuring tape and box footpiece, 21. 10s. With this instrument all the 
measurements can be taken. In a permanent laboratory it will be found 
convenient to have a fixed graduated standard for measuring the height, 
or a scale affixed to a wall. For field work a tape measure may be tem¬ 
porarily suspended to a rigid vertical support, with the zero just touching 
the ground or floor. 
A 2-metre tape, a pair of folding callipers, a folding square, all of 
which are graduated in millimetres, and a small set-square can be ob¬ 
tained from Aston A Mander for 1/. 6s. : with this small equipment all 
the necessary measurements can be taken. 
Height Standing .—The subject should stand perfectly upright, with 
his back to the standard or fixed tape, and his eyes directed horizontally 
forwards. Care should be taken that the standard or support for the tape 
is vertical. The stature may be measured by placing the person with his 
back against a wall to which a metre scale has been affixed. The height 
is determined by placing a carpenter’s square or a large set-square against 
tfie support in such a manner that the lower edge is at right angles to the 
scale ; the square should be placed well above the head, and then brought 
down till its low T er edge feels the resistance of the top of the head. The 
observer should be careful that the height is taken in the middle line of the 
head. If the subject should object to take off his boots, measure the 
thickness of the boot-heel, and deduct it from stature indicated in boots. 
Height Sitting .—For this the subject should be seated on a low stool 
or bench, having behind it a graduated rod or tape with its zero level with 
the seat ; he should sit perfectly erect, with his back well in against the 
scale. Then proceed as in measuring the height standing. The square 
should be employed here also if the tape against a wall is used. 
