No.RangeMeanS.D.C.V.
Total sample81537-6548.23.77.7
Interior15441-6547.43.37.0
East12042-5948.92.95.9
Coast21040-5948.54.89.9
N.W.7939-5647.83.57.3

The ratio of the upper face height to maximum facial breadth shows the Fijians of the interior to be relatively shorter faced and the eastern people longest. The coastal and northwestern series are intermediate.

Bigonial

No.RangeMeanS.D.C.V.
Total sample81595-146109.75.14.6
Interior15495-146109.86.03.6
East12097-125110.65.14.6
Coast21095-129109.95.34.8
N.W.7999-119109.14.54.1
Tonga (Sullivan)11692-119104.85.85.5

Lower jaw breadth as expressed by the bigonial diameter indicates a tendency to broadness shared with little variation among all the subgroups. The Tongan value is considerably smaller.

Fronto-Gonial

No.RangeMeanS.D.C.V.
Total sample81580-12299.95.55.5
Interior15484-122100.06.06.0
East12086-11599.95.35.3
Coast21080-114100.36.06.0
N.W.7985-11399.84.84.8

Similarly the bigonial diameter in relation to forehead breadth is much the same in all groups, the general average nearly 100 per cent.

Zygo-Gonial