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records an increment of a little more than 200 in the 

 first year, but the drop comes during the second year 



TABLE III 

 GROWTH OF ENGLISH GIRLS 



(Compiled by H. H. Donaldson) 



Yearly 

 Percentage 

 Increments. 



193 % 

 26 % 



25 % 



14 % 

 8-5 

 6.7* 



13-7 % 

 9-7 

 6.9 % 



ii. 4^ 

 9.9 % 



I.I.9* 



14.45? 



10.8 % 

 9-8* 

 6.4* 



2.1 % 



2.3 



.$ 



1.0 



i.o 



* Decrease. 



and is startling in its enormous extent and is contrasted 



percentages. These have been recently revised in the first part, in the following 

 way. In place of the values given in Roberts' Tables, I have introduced, in 

 the males, first year, where he leaves a blank, the following, 9.9 kilos, and in 

 place of his entry for the second year, which figures 14.5 kilos, I have used the 

 value 12.8. These two values, 9.9 and 12.8, are taken from Camerer. They 

 are based on three cases in each instance (Camerer, W., '9 , ' Untersuchungen 



