Kia waru nga tekau Let there be eight tens = 80 Kia iwa nga tekau " nine tens 90 Kia kotahi te rau " the one hundred 100 Kia rua nga rau " the two hundreds 200 Kia toru nga rau " the three hundreds 300 Kia wha nga rau " the four hundreds 400 Kia rima nga rau " the five hundreds 500 Kia ono nga rau " the six hundreds 600 Kia whitu nga rau " the seven hundreds 700 Kia waru nga rau " the eight hundreds 800 Kia iwa nga rau " the nine hundreds 900 Kia iwa nga rau, kia iwa nga tekau, ma-iwa " the nine hundreds, the nine hundreds, nine tens, and nine 999 Kia kotahi te mano " the one thousand 1,000 Kia mano tini " thousands innumerable. Kia kotahi te mano tuarea " one thousand thousands. Kia mano tini whaioio " countless thousands. Kia ngea, kia ngea, kia ngea " inconceivable-myriads. The next vowel whose processes we may consider is o. As a numeral prefix, o appears in ko, toko, and hoko. In each case it speaks exclusively of persons, of personal doings, and of personal possessions. In progressive numeration ko is used with an article, giving to its numeral the sense of an ordinal of the personal element. Table D. Ko te tahi Tis the first. Ko te rua " second. Ko te toru " third. Ko te wha " fourth. Ko te rima " fifth. Ko te ono " sixth. Ko te whitu " seventh. Ko te waru " eighth. Ko te iwa " ninth. Ko te tekau " tenth. Ko te tekau ma-tahi " eleventh. Ko te tekau ma-rua " twelfth. Ko te rua tekau " twentieth (singular article). Ko te toru tekau " thirtieth. Ko te wha tekau " fortieth. Ko te rima tekau " fiftieth. Ko te ono tekau " sixtieth. Ko te whitu tekau " seventieth. Ko te waru tekau " eightieth. Ko te iwa tekau " nintieth. Ko te iwa tekau ma-iwa " ninety-ninth. Ko te tahi o nga rau " first of the hundreds. Ko te rua o nga rau " two hundredth. Ko te toru o nga rau " three hundredth. Ko te mano " thousandth. In proceeding to discuss the allied prefixes toko and hoko it is necessary to bear in mind that we are considering various clearly defined methods of progressive numeration. Those who have read the article under notice, by Mr. Best, are doubtless aware that he himself had this object in view. Now, on page 152 Mr. Best sets out a table in which the numeral prefix toko substantially operates. In that table unity of method is completely destroyed by the intrusion of the initial term kotahi and the final term tekau, neither of which is proper to it. Apparently in justification of the kotahi, Mr. Best writes, “During a residence of eleven years' duration among the Tuhoe