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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



Ill counting tbe natives use the fingers of both hands but never the 

 toes. 



1 = Ka-tahi. 



2 = Ka-rua. 



3 = Ka-torn. 



4 = Ka-ha. 



- Ka-rima. 



6 = Ka-ono. 



7 = Ka-hitu. 



8 = Ka-varn. 



9 = Ka-iva. 



= Aaughuru.' 



10 = Ka tahi te aaughuru. 



11 = Ka tahi te aanghnru Ka tahi. 



12 - Ka tahi te aaughuru Ka run. 



13 = Ka ta hi te aaughuru Katorn, etc. 



20 = Ka rua te aaughuru. 



21 = Ka rua te aaughuru Ka tahi. 



22 = Ka rua te aaughuru Ka rua. 



23 = Karnateaaugl)iiruKatoru,ctc. 



30 = Ka torn te aaughuru. 



31 =,Ka torn te aaughuru Ka tahi. 



32 = Ka torn te aaughuru Ka rua. 



33 = Katoru teaangbmuKatoru,etc. 

 40 - Ka ha te aaughuru. 



50 = Ka rima te aaughuru. 

 60 = Ka ono te aaughuru. 

 70 = Ka hitu te aaughuru. 

 80 = Ka ram te aaughuru. 

 90 = Ka ira te aaughuru. 



100 = Ka ran. 



101 - Ka tahi te rau rua tahi. 



102 = Ka tahi te rau uia rua. 



200 = Ka rua te rau. 



201 = Ka rua te rau ma taki. 



300 = Ka torn te rau. 



301 = Ka torn te ran uia tahi. 

 400= Ka hate ran. 



401 = Ka ha te rau ma tahi. 

 500 = Ka rima te ran, etc. 

 1,000 = Piere. 

 2,000 = Ka rua te piere. 

 3,000 = Ka torn te piere. 

 4,000 = Ka ha te piere. 

 10,000 = Ka mano. 

 100,000 =Ka peka. 

 1,000,000 = Ha ra. 



Over one million, mingoi-ngoi. 



From 1 to 10 the syllables are pronounced as one word, in a multiple 

 of ten the words are distinctly separated. A record of numbers was 

 kept by stringing' pieces of bulrush together. 



