The paper is concerned with the procedure for regulating or balancing a ventilation· system, so as to ensure that each outlet supplies or extracts its proper quantity. It deals with methods, organisation instrumentation and recording of results; it also discusses the accuracy required and attainable in ordinary practice. The advocated method of regulating consists of balancing the proportions of air flow at the junctions of a system, dealt with in a routine order, followed by the adjustment of the complete system to design volume by a final setting at the fan.