The scope of this paper is thus confined to plaited basketry of the checker and twilled types; but as other articles besides baskets and mats are plaited from similar material and with the same strokes, the following will come into review: (1) Mats; (2) baskets; (3) burden-carriers, or kawe; (4) belts and bands; (5) fans and fly-flaps; (6) sails; (7) sandals; and (8) ropes and cords. Plaiting. Plaiting, whether checker or twilled, is included under the general term raranga, but the plaiting of ropes and cords is termed whiri. Survival of Plaiting.—The rougher baskets and mats, being in everyday use, are still made throughout the country. European plates and dishes have done away with the need for the rough flax containers for cooked food, and many of the younger generation of Maori have never even seen them, so naturally know nothing of how to plait them. The art of making the finer mats and baskets, with coloured designs, is rapidly passing away, and is now confined to the old and middle-aged in certain districts. Burden-carriers, or kawe, whilst still in use in the Whanganui and North Island west-coast districts, are now unknown over the greater part of the country. Plaited belts, fire-fans and fly-flaps have practically disappeared. Sandals, even in the old days, had only a limited geographical distribution, and the advent of boots and shoes has long since relegated them to oblivion. Of sails, we know of only one in existence, which is in the British Museum. Ropes are still plaited by a few of the older generation of men. Definition of Terms. The vocabulary of basketry has been so varied and confusing that it is necessary to define the terms used. These are adopted from those used by Mrs. A. H. Quiggin. Weft: A technical factor in plaited basketry. A weft may consist of a single strip of material or a number of strips. The confusion between warp and weft in plaiting is obviated by terming the strips which lean towards the right dextral wefts and those towards the left sinistral. Braid: Synonymous with plait. Check, or checker: Each weft passes alternately over and under each consecutive crossing weft. Cord: Two or more wefts twisted together in the same direction. Decoration: The addition of elements, not essential to the construction, for the purpose of ornament. Design: The general effect derived from the pattern or conjunction of patterns. Overlaid weaving, plaiting, &c.: Wefts not essential to the construction, inserted for decorative purposes. Patterns: The surface effects produced by various strokes. Plait: The regular interlacing of not less than three wefts to form a continuous band or surface. A plait, cord, or twine is described as three-ply, four-ply, &c., according to the number of wefts. Stroke: A completed movement in plaited basketwork corresponding to stitch in needlework. Three-ply plait, cord, &c.: See Plait. Twilled twos, threes, &c.: Each weft passes over or under two, three, &c., crossing wefts. Otis Mason defines a strip as follows:— “Strip: A narrow ribbon of leaf or other thin basket-material, answering in function to the harder splints.”