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4. Page 41 has no overcrossed items, but item number 45 vai ngaere a puku hehaheha is identical with the 43rd item which was overcrossed at the end of page 40:

41)
44 e tai e teho e ka tao taau ngu e po e kiko e ka tutu
  tou oone.
45 vai ngaere a puku hehaheha.
46 e hue e renga havini e ka rangi atu koe kia nua
  kia motu roa ka vere mai taau taueve miritonu
47 e vai e hare hakangaengae i te tahu hanga rikiriki.
48 hanga o maru a vave paupau.
49 e uta e maunga marengo e kaa hohora toou kahu
  ritorito ka romiromi mai
50 ko hanga te pau a ira.
  te tini o te kainga a hanga te pau.
51 rano kau te taki toka hakapiri te vaenga te mu(-)
  ko.muko.
52 mataveri o uta a hare paenga.
53 mataveri o tai a taura akavenga nuahine
54 vai rapa a hakaremereme
56 te vai rutu manu a koro rupa.e haho e hivi e
  e runga e te puku ohu kahi e.

There are 18 text lines and 12 stations on page 41. The total number of textlines to the end of page 41 is therefore 53 + 18 = 71. If we reduce with the number of those text lines which have been overcrossed 71 will be changed into 68.

The total number of stations is 53 only, because both station number 30 and station number 43 are overcrossed without any replacement and station number 55 is missing altogether.

The reason why number 30 has been overcrossed could be to indicate that the true length of a synodic lunar months is around 29½ nights. If this was the reason, then we should expect a similar explanation to work for the overcrossed number 43. The '7th flame of Sun' is my name for 7 * 60 = 420 (= 6 * 70). But 420 is also equal to 15 * 28, i.e. not equal to 15 * 29½ = 442½ (the day number for One Tea where the Moon Queen is dying). If we let the cycle of Jupiter determine, then 442½ = 399 + 43½ which could motivate an overcrossing of number 44. Possibly instead, the cycle of Jupiter ends with 399 + 1 = 400 (in which case number 43 would be overcrossed because it stands for 42½):

Gb7-31 Gb8-1 (443)
One Tea (15 * 29.5 = 442½)
Gb8-2 Gb8-3 Gb8-4 Gb8-5

From this we will expect a correspondence also between the overcrossed item Oparingi and the description at the 10th kuhane station at day number 295 in the G calendar:

Gb2-26 (282) Gb2-27 Gb2-28 Gb2-29 Gb2-30
Gb2-31 Gb2-32 Gb2-33 Gb2-34 Gb2-35
Gb3-1 Gb3-2 Gb3-3 Gb3-4 (295) Gb3-5
Gb3-6 Gb3-7 Gb3-8 Gb3-9 (300) Gb3-10

Here, evidently, the winter season (takaure) is beginning, because Sun is being swallowed (cfr Gb3-9). The perceived agreement with the calendar of G should make us formulate a hypothesis: Each Makoi station stands for 10 days:

38)
10 Apina Iti 40 Okahu
20 Hanga O Uo 50 Ra Tahai
30 Hanga Roa 60 Ahu Akapu
  70 Kihikihi Rau Mea
80 Renga A Tini
90 Vai A Mei
100 Rua A Ngau
110 Roro Hau
120 Vai Poko
130 Te Hereke (17)
39)
140 Hatu Ngoio 170 Opata Roa

270

Hanga Nui
150 Ara Koreu 180 Vai Tara

280

Tongariki
160 Hanga Kuokuo (20) 190 Hia Uka

290

Te Rano A Raraku
  200 Hanga Ohiro

300

Oparingi
210 Roto Kahi 310 Motu Kumu (36)
220 Papa Kahi  
230 Puna A Tuki
240 Ehu
250 Maunga Teatea
260 Te Hakarava (31)
40)
310 Oparingi 360 Hanga Tetenga
320 Motu Humu 370 Ahu Tutae
330 Hanga Maihiku 380 Oroi
340 Maunga Toatoa 390 Akahanga
350 Te Pipi Horeko (41) 400 Hua Reva
  410 Rua Hana
420 Puku Hotake
430 Vai Ngaere (53)
41)
440 Teho 510 Rano Kau
450 Vai Ngaere 520 Mataveri O Uta
460 Renga Havini 530 Mataveri O Tai
470 Hare Hakangaengae 540 Vai Rapa
480 Hanga O Maru 560 Te Vai Rutu Manu (71)
490 Maunga Marengo  
500 Hanga Te Pau (60)

Hanga Te Pau obviously is intended as an end station. Not only is it item number 50 (10 times 'fire') but it is also located in text line number 60 (the number of days in a solar double-month, 'flame of Sun').

I have not regarded 44 Teho nor 36 Hanga Tetenga (nor 25 Maunga Teatea) as similar in kind to the redmarked Te stations. Interestingly Rano Raraku is a Te station but not Rano Kau. This agrees with my interpretation of 'fire' at the Rano Raraku end of the island (east) and 'water' at the Rano Kau end (west).

There are no Te stations on the next page (42), where Makoi's list is ending. Therefore we can summarize the Te stations here:

38) 130 Te Hereke (17) 40) 350 Te Pipi Horeko (41)
39) 260 Te Hakarava (31) 41) 500 Hanga Te Pau (60)

290

Te Rano A Raraku (35) 560 Te Vai Rutu Manu (71)