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one it is less. The mem vertical index of these three skulls 

 is 73-5, also metrio-cephalic. Professor Scott's mean of 41 

 skulls was 72*7. 



Frontal Index. — The average frontal index of the Maoris is 

 66'6, and of the Morioris 67*2. The asterionic diameter 

 exceeds the stephanic in four of the skulls, and is less in the 

 remaining three. 



Foramen Magnum. — The mean of the Maori skulls is 

 87*3, and of the Moriori 87*9. Professor Scott's averages 

 were 87*8 Maori, and 87*3 Moriori. 



Orbital Index. — The average of the four Maoris is 92*7, or 

 megaseme. This is very high, and is owing to the almost 

 rounded orbits of some of the skulls examined. Professor 

 Scott's mean is 86*1, thus placing the Maoris in the mesoseuie 

 group. The Moriori skulls averaged 91 (megaseme). Pro- 

 fessor Scott's average was 89, and Sir William Turner's 88. 



Nasal Index. — The average of this index is 46*3 for the 

 Maoris, and 44*1 for the Moriori, thus placing both in the 

 Leptorhine class. Professor Scott's averages were 48*1 

 Maori, and 46*8 Moriori. Sir William Turner's were 47-5 

 and 47. The index varies greatly in the Maori skulls, the 

 minimum being 36*1, and the maximum 56'0. 



Gnathic Index. — The Maori skulls averaged 99 (meso- 

 gnathous), and the Moriori 97*7, or just within the ortho- 

 gnathous group Professor Scott's mean places both the 

 Maori and Morioris in the ortho-gnathous class, his average 

 for the forn/er being 96*9. and for the latter 97'7. 



Palato -maxillary Index. — These indices average 123'5 for 

 the Maoris (brachy-uranic), and 110*5 for the Moriori 

 (mesuranic). Turner's average for the Morioris (113) 

 places them in the mesuranic class, and Professor Scott's 

 means are 121 for the Maori, and 1208 for the Moriori, or 

 brachy-uranic in both cases. 



