Span-Stature Index
| No. | Range | Mean | S.D. | C.V. |
| Total sample | 815 | 96.1-116.3 | 104.3 | 8.5 | 8.15 |
| Interior | 154 | 99.4-115.1 | 105.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| East | 120 | 99.1-108.5 | 102.7 | 13.5 | 13.14 |
| Coast | 210 | 97.9-116.3 | 104.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 |
| N.W. | 79 | 100.2-109.7 | 104.1 | 12.0 | 11.5 |
THE TRUNK
Sitting Height
| No. | Range | Mean | S.D. | C.V. |
| Total sample | 815 | 75.1-100 | 87.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| Interior | 154 | 75.1-94 | 84.4 | 9.4 | 11.0 |
| East | 120 | 81-100 | 88.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| Coast | 210 | 80-99 | 87.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| N.W. | 79 | 80-94 | 86.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| Fiji (Howells) | 132 | 78-101 | 88.3 | 3.06 | 3.46 |
| Solomons (Howells) | 85 | 69-95 | 83.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
A total sitting height average of 87 cm. attests the generous general body length. A regional trend follows the same curve as that for stature. The eastern body length is greatest; it exceeds the over-all average by 1-1/2 cm. and is more than 4 cm. larger than the interior people who fall at the bottom of the scale of sitting height. Howells' Fijian series is close to my eastern average. Compared with the Solomon Islands natives, the Fijians are much more elongated.
Relative Sitting Height
| No. | Range | Mean | S.D. | C.V. |
| Total sample | 815 | 45-58 | 50.4 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Interior | 154 | 46-56 | 49.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| East | 120 | 48-54 | 51.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Coast | 210 | 46-56 | 50.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| N.W. | 79 | 47-54 | 50.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Fiji (Howells) | 132 | 46-57 | 51.7 | 1.36 | 2.63 |
| Solomons (Howells) | 85 | 46-57 | 52.1 | 1.64 | 2.92 |
The relative sitting height ratio for all Fijians is 50.4 per cent. The eastern average of 51 per cent indicates a little more legginess, whereas the interior groups tend somewhat to longer trunks.