[75] Mr. G.W. Griffin, United States' Consul at Auckland, whose valuable reports upon the various commercial products of New Zealand have been recently printed by authority of the New Zealand Government, is the author of a very interesting paper upon the economic uses of this tree.
[A BRIEF REFERENCE TO THE MAORI LANGUAGE.]
The Maori alphabet is composed of fourteen letters, namely:—
Consonants.
H, K, M, N, P, R, T, W, NG.
Vowels.
A, E, I, O, U.
Diphthongs.
aa, ae, ai, ao, au, ee, ei, ii, oo, ou, uu.
| Vowels. | Sound.[76] | |
| a | as a in | father |
| e | as a in | fare. |
| i | as ee in | sleep. |
| o | as o in | mole. |
| u | as oo in | shoot. |