568 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 
found between the 9th and 114 years. After age 114 the 
conjugate diameter of girls rapidly increases, and at the 
15th year the measurements of boys and girls are much the 
same. The following is a statement of the four pelvic 
measurements for girls at the ages stated hereunder : — 
Pelvic Measurements, Girls. 
Ter Intertrochan- | Intercristal | Interspinous | Conjugate 
ge. teric Breadth. Breadth. Breadth. Diameter. 
Years. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches 
54 7°52 7°04 6°60 4°44 
6 7°98 7 NG 6°68 4°50 
z 8:14 PERS 6:80 4°66 
7 8°24 7°50 6°92 4°80 
73 8°28 7°64 6°96 4°86 
8 848° 782 7°04 4°89 
83 8°64 7°92 7°16 4°98 
9 8°72 8°00 Pf ONS, 5:06 
9} 8:92 | 8:09 7°44 Sis 
10 9:16 | 8:24 7°64 5°24 
103 9°32 8°36 . 7°84 5°32 
in| 9°54 | 8°54 7°96 5°38 
11} 9°80 | 8°76 8-08 5°56 
12 9°96 8°88 8°26 5°80 
123 10°14 les 299 KO 8°48 5°98 
13 10°88 9°46 8°64 6°04 
133 11°06 9°66 8°68 6°16 
14 11°20 9°84 8:84 6 34 
143 11°28 10°00 9°00 6°48 
15 11:54 10-20 9°18 6°60 
15} 11°92 | 10°49 9-50 6272 
16 12°20 10°68 9°60 6°80 
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In dealing with the information obtained through 
measurement and observation of the school children, I 
have avoided the discussion of congenital abnormalities, 
and of defects induced by unfavourable conditions of 
school life. Such discussion, indeed, is quite foreign to the 
immediate purposes of this paper, the chief objects of 
which are—firstly, to draw attention to the urgent necessity 
of child measurement and the good to be expected 
therefrom; and secondly, to make a slight contribution 
towards the determination of the Australian type. 
Some of the measurements taken may appear more 
curious than useful. Taken by themselves, no doubt, such 
