2171. at the late International Health Exhibition. 9 Appendix ([italics]Chiefly extracted from the [end italics]1[italics]d. book sold by Authority at the Exhibition.[end italics]). The object of the Anthropometric Laboratory is to show to the public the great simplicity of the instruments and method by which the chief physical characteristics may be measured and recorded. The instruments at present in action deal with Keenness of Sight; Colour-Sense; Judgment of Eye; Hearing; Highest Audible Note; Breathing Power; Strength of Pull and Squeeze; Swiftness of Blow; Span of Arms; Height, standing and sitting; and Weight. Such is the ease of working the instruments that a person can be measured in all these respects, and a card containing the results furnished to him, while a duplicate is made and preserved for statistical purposes, at a total cost of 3[italics]d[end italics]. The use of periodical measurements is two-fold, personal and statistical. The one shows the progress of the individual; the other that of portions of the nation, or of the nation as a whole. Description of the Laboratory. A space 36 feet long by 6 feet wide is fenced off from the side of a gallery by open lattice work. Is is entered by a door at one end, and is quitted by a second door at the other. The public can easily see through the lattice work, while they are prevented from crowding too close. A narrow table runs half-way down the side of the laboratory, on which the smaller instruments are placed. The measurements with the larger ones take place in the open space beyond the table. The successive stations for the various operations lie in the following order: -- 1. Desk at which the newly-entered person writes down certain data concerning himself. 2. Standard specimens for colour of eyes and hair. 3. Sight: (a) its keenness; (b) the colour-sense; (c ) judgment of the eye in estimating length and squareness. 4. Hearing: (a) its keenness (scarcely practicable on account of the noise and echoes); (b) highest audible note. 5. Touch (exhibition of various apparatus). 6. Breathing capacity. 7. Swiftness of blow with fist. 8. Strength: (a) of pull; (b) of squeeze with right and with left hands. 9. Height: (a) when sitting, measured from the seat of the chair; (b) standing in shoes; (c ) the thickness of the heel of the shoe. 10. Span of the arms. 11. Weight. [end]