PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. 557 
about the tenth year, although sometimes the permanent 
colour is not assumed until after puberty. 
Taking all children examined, 273 per thousand have 
blonde hair, including 78 light-blonde, 153 medium-blonde, 
and 42 auburn or red hair; 711 have brown hair, viz., 
335 light, 170 medium, and 206 dark-brown; while 16 per 
thousand have black hair. 
The proportions of blondes from 54 to 74 years is 360 
per thousand, declining to 230 per thousand at ages 7} 
to 10 years, and to 210 after the 10th year. 
The great majority of children are well supplied with 
hair; amongst boys the hair of 903 per thousand may be 
described as copious, 57 as medium, and only 40 as scanty ; 
amongst girls—680 have copious hair, 245 medium, and 
75 scanty. The boys, therefore, are the better provided 
with head covering. 
The quality of the hair of 750 per thousand may be 
described as lustrous, 167 as moderately lustrous, and 82 
as dull. The quality of girls’ hair is generally superior to 
that of boys. 
The texture of the hair is usually finer in boys than in 
girls. Amongst the boys 748 per thousand, and amongst 
the girls, 542 per thousand, have fine hair; 137 boys and 
286 girls have hair describable as medium-fine, while 115 
boys and 172 girls have coarse hair. 
As regards character, the hair of 832 per thousand boys 
may be described as straight, 99 as wavy, and 69 as curly. 
Of girls, 760 per thousand have stratght hair, 115 have 
wavy hair, and 125 curly hair. 
EYES. 
The majority of children are born with blue eyes, but 
with many the blue changes into grey, brown, or hazel. 
This change begins shortly after birth, and it is not until 
the child is about two years of age that the eyes assume 
their permanent colour. The majority of eyes are light, 
and, out of every 1000 children examined, colours in the 
following proportion were found— 
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Greenish-grey 
giving a total of 580 light-coloured eyes per, 1000 children. 
