366 T'ransactions. 
INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF THE YOUNG. 
Table 2.—Maori Population under Fifteen Years. 
Year. Population. Total oum 5. 
1891 .. 14,251 34-1 
1896 14,248 35:7 
1901 16,082 37:3 
1906 18,417. 38:6 
1911 19,902 40-0 
1916 20,536 41:3 
1921 21,071 40-0 
THE STAYING оғ EXTINCTION. 
In the confusion that followed the clash of two cultures, the Maori of 
the early nineteenth century was unable to distinguish the good from the 
evil in the two systems. | 
By adopting European weapons, food, and clothing, and beco 
Christianized, he himself volunt rily commenced the disintegration of 
