not capable of yielding a profit over working expenses.
(A very rare use.)

1896. `The Argus,' Dec. 26, p. 5, col. 3:

"Unpayable Lines.--The Commissioner of Railways has had a
return prepared showing the results of the working of 48 lines
for the year ending 30th June, 1896. Of these, 33, covering
515 miles, do not pay working expenses, and are reckoned to be
the worst lines in the colony."

<hw>Utu</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Maori word for "Return, price paid,
reward, ransom, satisfaction for injuries received, reply."
(Williams.) Sometimes corrupted by Englishmen into <i>Hoot</i>
(q.v.).

1840. J. S. Polack, `Manners and Customs of New Zealand,'
vol. ii. p. 63:

"Utu or payment is invariably expected for any injustice
committed, and is exacted in some shape, the sufferer feeling
debased in his own opinion until he obtains satisfaction. The
<i>Utu</i>, similar to the <i>tapu</i>, enters into everything
connected with this people."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 29:

"He asserted that we should pay for the tapu; but suggested as
an amendment that the utu or `payment' should be handed to
him."

1855. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' p. 252:

"Utu, which may be freely translated `blood for blood,'
is with him [the Maori] a sacred necessity. It is the
<i>lex talionis</i> carried out to the letter. The exact
interpretation of the formidable little word `Utu' is,
I believe, `payment.'"

1857. C. Hursthouse, `New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 61:

"The learned commissioner's court was instantly besieged by
bands of natives vociferating for more `utu' (payment), and
threatening the settlers with the tomahawk if more `utu' were
not instantly accorded."

1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 470:

"Besides that, for such shining service done,
A splendid claim, he reckoned, would arise
For `<i>utu</i>'--compensation or reward."

1873. H. Carleton, `Life of Henry Williams,' p. 79:

"Blood for blood, or at least blood money, is Maori law.
Better the blood of the innocent than none at all, is a
recognised maxim of the Maori law of utu."

V

<hw>Vandemonian</hw>, <i>n</i>. and <i>adj</i>. belonging to
Van Diemen's land, the old name of Tasmania; generally used
of the convicts of the early days; and the <i>demon</i> in
the word is a popular application of the law of Hobson-Jobson.
Now obsolete.

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' (edition 1855), p. 533:

"The Van Diemonians, as