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26 years ago, probably not less than sixty, yet are they marked by such transpositions as are seen in the two given above.

The two lists given below are probably as correct as any obtainable as to order of names, but other names were employed for some of the nights in certain districts. The list marked No. 4 is from the Takitumu district.

These lists agree very fairly as to names, but in many cases they do not occupy the same position. In conjunction with the Takitumu list occurred some remarks that refer to some form of intercalation or omission with regard to the nights of the moon, but which remarks are, unfortunately, by no means clear.

A list from the far North shows thirty-one names, that of Takataka-putea succeeding Mutuwhenua. Maurea appears as the 13th, Otane as the 26th, Orongo as the 27th, Mauri as the 28th, and Omutu as the 29th, otherwise the list is much the same as No. 4 above.

The following list has been culled from the late Mr. John White's papers:—