23 1447 191 190 130 127 113 100 1348 189 188 126 131 106 24 128 106 27 29 30 32 93 100 126 100 90 106 128 108 93 100 126 93 91 105 109 226 128 103 94 109 113 228 98 110 110 233 497 96 105 115 233 498 108 92 100 114 234 489 406 271 90 100 108 220 484 399 281 296 253 261 281 307 266 107 111 223 478 405 276 288 305 247 83 104 105 211 462 384 252 267 284 251 170 167 129 125 105 96 102 115 225 474 402 272 281 298 247 1162 163 163 123 128 102 91 107 109 204 460 387 251 266 297 246 Average (9) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) 1258 0 179 6 177 -8 125 -8 129 7 1052 93-8 104 7 112 -2 225 2 490 2403 -2 269 7 280·8302.1261.6 B.N. (No. 21)1375-7 1843 181 -2 125-7 130 9 105.1 95 1 106 0114 6 233 -9 498-4410-9276 1283 5 299-7264 2 12876 1837 181 -9 128 8 132 8 1077 96 0 1072 114 8 230 5 501 7412 7 276 0287 2309 2 267.8 TABLE II continued. MEASUREMENTS, ?. N N N N N N N N N & N N N N N & ∞ N 8 102 104 103 25 25 130 126 119 135 126 110 38 124 120 125 127 124 35 97 105 127 111 98 105 123 109 103 113 122 108 123 132 106 38 30 103 106 131 116 25 93 71 26 66 97 35 41 49 26 57 63 104 108 127 113 98 71 126 134 113 32 27 92 102 120 102 21 86 63 24 62 88 30 37 43 24 59 59 123 121 123 33 111 127 106 36 93 101 123 109 96 118 108 87 65 125 1 126 2113.3 34.1 28.1 977104 6 124 7110 -2 23 789 165-923-265 793 0 32 4 37 8 45 1 24 438-661 ·5 43·5 (19) (19) (19) (19) (19)| (19)| (17) (18) (19) (19) (17) (17) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) (19) |(16) |(15) | (2) 124 6 126 4 114.5 36.7 28.8 100 0 106 6 130 8 116-0 24-2944 69 1 25 3 66 694 6 30 9 392 46 6 24 961 1 64 6 13.9 128 0129 2 115.9 34.9 28.8 1000 107-1127 6 112 8 24 391 267 5 23 767 295 2 33 2 38 7 46 2 25 0 599 62-944-5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5338 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 20 89 64 21 24 67 29 60 36 38 50 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 a 24 58 62 37 46 24 54 57 37 47 24 62 62 45 37 40 25 ... ... 24 Excluded from averages of indices Nos. 1 to 5, which are based on cranial measurements. † Excluded from averages of all indices. 11. Dental. The following paper was read by the Director: Notes on some TRIBES of NEW SOUTH WALES. § 1. Introduction. To say that the aboriginal inhabitants of New South Wales, as indeed of the whole of Australia, are rapidly passing away, is to utter what may be called a truism. Almost every writer on the subject has borne testimony to their rapid decadence; and even to the uninquiring and little interested, the fact that they are swiftly and surely treading the path to utter annihilation must be evident. In the vicinity of all large centres of population the natives are now extinct, and in the thinly inhabited, and even the newly-settled parts of Australia, the same causes which have destroyed them near the towns are proving just as fatal, although acting less swiftly. The rapidity with which this extinction of the native race is proceeding may be estimated from the following facts. In 1868 I saw gatherings of from 800 to 1,000 in Western Queensland, about 150 miles north of the New South Wales boundary line, and now I am told, on trustworthy authority, that the whole district could not produce a third of that number. I note that the late Rev. George Taplin, who had a large experience, and who made good use of his opportunities for studying native character, held the opinion that the best means of saving the race from extinction would be found in their conversion to Christianity. Nevertheless, I can scarcely think that very much can be done in this direction. Missionary labour among Australian races has invariably proved up-hill work. I have known several natives who were educated in the doctrines of Christians, who professed themselves to be Christians, and who were, so far as I could judge, fair examples of christianised blackfellows. On a close examination as to what they really believed, I found that many of the absurd beliefs of their forefathers were still cherished by them. Side by side with the new doctrine that teaches them to forgive their enemies I found the old lex talionis, which commanded them to procure the death of an enemy by any means in their power, among which sorcery takes far from a subordinate position. § 2. The Tribes. It is somewhat difficult to arrive at the number of tribes in New South Wales, as no single enquirer can well possess sufficient information as to all parts of the colony, to enable him, |