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18. Can it be shown that, after intercourse with white men,, 
aboriginal women are either sterile or less prolific with men of 
their own race ? 
19. Is commerce with white men necessarily fatal to abo¬ 
riginal races. 
20. Can any system (which the superior race would submit 
to) be suggested by which the fatality attendant on the contact 
of white and aboriginal races would be avoided or mitigated ? 
21. Would it be desirable, and if desirable would it be possible, 
to forbid the settlement of whites in isolated positions surroun¬ 
ded by Aborigines, and to require them to settle in specified 
localities, from which they should on]y extend by the acquisition 
of contiguous blocks of land F 
22. Are the laws of England suited to the abnormal state of 
society necessarily existing when white men first intrude on an 
aboriginal race P and is it capable of adequately protecting the 
rights and interests of the latter P 
23. What effect has the custom of holding lands in common 
upon aboriginal races ? 
24. If the communal tenure is a bar to progress in civilization, 
would it be possible to induce the race reported on to divide 
their lands and cultivate them for the benefit of families or in¬ 
dividuals ? 
25. In cases where land has been so cultivated, what has been 
the result ? 
26. What is the condition of any individuals among the 
Aborigines who have been educated from childhood by Euro¬ 
peans and have consequently adopted European habits and 
customs? and are their families as numerous on an average 
as those of Europeans ? 
27. What effect has the partial contact of European with 
black races, e. g. the Zulus P Has the race reported on wel¬ 
comed or resisted the approach of civilization ? 
28. Compare the condition of the aboriginal race in districts 
where they mix with Europeans with that where there are few 
or no Europeans. 
