The growth change of the head and face in Kamigoto students and methods used in the study of growth data were studied. Furthermore, period and local variations were examined. The results were as follows: 1. Methods used in the study of growth The cross-sectional method with reliable data was considered to result in more exact estimation of mean and increment than the Iongitudinal or the mixed longitudinal method. 2. Change of stature with growth Adolescent growth spurt was found in male from 11 to 13 years old and in female from 9 to 11 years old. This spurt continued for 3 years, and the occurrence in female was 2 years earlier than in male. Childhood growth spurt was found in male from 7 to 8 and from 9 to 10 years old, and in female from 7 to 8 years old. Moreover, the increment at this time showed an increasing tendency. The growth pattern of Kamigoto students was about the same as the standard growth pattern of Japanese. 3. Change of the head and face with growth a. Change of the measurement Adolescent maximum spurt of the head and face was correlated with that of the stature at adolescent growth spurt. Moreover, childhood growth spurt also showed close correlation. b. Change of the index The head shape tencled to be dolichocephalic, hypsicephalic and acrocephalic, and the face shape tended to be leptoprosopic. These changes were influenced by increment of the head length, the morphological NII-Electronic
: The authors conducted an anthropometry of the head and face and me asurement of the dental arch on Chinese Hoklo (male 78, female 62) in 1978 and obtained the correlation between h ead-face and dental arch. Their age variation and traits were compared with those by Kuts una and Arai ( 1943), Yang (1947) and Kanda (1974) . The main results are as follows .
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