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1882. NEW ZEALAND.

MR. COLENSO'S MAORI-ENGLISH LEXICON (SPECIMEN OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

A COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY OF THE NEW ZEALAND TONGUE, INCLUDING

MYTHICAL, MYTHOLOGICAL, " TABOO" OE SACKED, GENEALOGICAL, PROVEItBIAL, POETICAL, TfiOPOLOGHCAI, SACERDOTAL, INCAUTATORY, NATTJEAL-lIISTOEY, IDIOMATICAL, ABBEETIATED, TEIBAL, AND OTHEB NAMES AND TEBMB OP, AND ALLTTSIOKS TO, PERSONS, THINGS, ACTS, AND PLACES IN ANCIENT TIMES ; ALSO, SHOWING THEIR AFFINITIES WITH COGNATE POLYNESIAN DIALECTS AND POEEIGN LANGUAGES'; WITH COPIOUS PUEE MAORI EXAMPLES.

PART I.—MAORI-ENGLISH. PART lI.—ENGLISH-MAORI.

" In magnis et yoluissb sat est." WELLINGTON. BY AUTHORITY: G-EORGKE DIDSBURY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. 1882.