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games, his hopes and aspirations, and every desire to prolong life. It was - 
is sense of humour and his happy disposition that madé him such a good 
soldier. He reacted less to the depressing conditions of European warfare 
than most of his white comrades, and there could be no greater test. 
PROPORTION oF SEXES. 
Table 3—Females per 1,000 Males. 
Year. Maori. European. 
1859 (Fenton) de z: ig 400 ss 
1881: ae ae me .. 809 y 
1891 A T. е ae: ВАД 883 
1901 - ale © Е: .. 866 908 
1906 А es - .. 869 887 
1911 es px ys ca, ON» 896 
1916 (war-time census) $ .. 919 993 
1921 т Б . 890 959 
It will be seen that since Newman's figures there has been a stead: 
rom th 
teachers, the following result was arrived at :— 
Number of Native schools 7 i 102 
Number of pupils with Native blood .. ^ .. 4,549 
Females per 1,000 males Ex xx 921 
i ing effaced. The change from 766 per 1,000 in 1859, to 890 
in 1921, and 921 amongst the children in 1922, is one that is of the 
importance. _ 
are not able їп a certain amount of isolation they 
m in the general population. Dr. E. B. T ler, in speaking of the 
та says, " АП human races, по matter form or colour, 
ead-form, hair- and eye-colour, : 
the confusion of race-mixture with 
