THE JOURNAL

OF THE

POLYNESIAN SOCIETY

Containing the Transactions and Proceedings
of the Society.

VOL. 36.

1927.

New Plymouth, N.Z.:

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY THOMAS AVERY & SONS LTD., DEVON STREET.

No. 141.-March, 1927.

A Tikopian Vocabulary. Edited by Herbert W. Williams, M.A.,

LITT.D., F.N.Z.INST.

Kava Ceremonial in Tonga. By E. E. V. Collocott

Language, Mythology, and Songs of Bwaidoga, Goodenough

Island, S.E. Papua. By D. Jenness and (late) Rev. A.

Ballantyne

Notes on Maori Artifacts. By Gilbert Archey

Reviews

Oceanische Rindenstoffe" (Oceanic Bark-cloth), by Ger-

hard Stalling; "History of Hawaii," by Ralph S. Kuy-

kendall; "A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island

Languages," by Sidney Herbert Ray, M.A.

A Mexican Tiki-Brass Patu brought to New Zealand by
Captain Cook-Burial Chests.

Notice to Members-" The Maori" by Elsdon Best.

Maori Literature.

No. 142. June, 1927.

A Tikopian Vocabulary. Edited by Herbert W. Williams, M.A.,

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141

The Discovery and Settlement of Rarotonga by Polynesians.

Collected by Elsdon Best

Note on a Carved Rock in Taranaki. By W. J. Phillips, F.L.S.

Word List

Language, Mythology, and Songs of Bwaidoga, Goodenough

Island, S.E. Papua. By D. Jenness and (late) Rev. A.

Ballantyne

145

A Classification of Instruments of Quartzite. By H. D.

Skinner and David Teviotdale

180

Reviews

194

"A New Samoan Grammar," by Spencer Churchward,
M.A.; Games and Pastimes of the Maori," by Elsdon
Best; "The Pa Maori," by Elsdon Best; "Polynesian
Religion," by E. S. Craighill Handy.

Publications Received

Notes and Queries

Korere, or Feeding Funnel-Carved Artifacts.

Notice to Members: "The Maori," by Elsdon Best,

Maori Literature,

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