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Tube XLIII.—No te tangata akaauia i bunga i te enua. Tera te tv, mci te mea c tangata Earotonga, c tangata no nga pa enua nei. Tera te tuatua, na te Au c akaau, me inangaro te au papaa c te maori ci rave ; ngaanga, ka acre ratou kite Au ka akaau, me kore c tika i te Au i te akaau tei iaia te tuatua, me acre poiri ua te tai kite rave anganga, kare te Au i kite ka mou aia ite auri. E 50 dala. Tube XLIV.—No te Pueumu. Tera te tuatua no te Purumu, okotai marama okotai akamanea anga, kare c tangata c taitoito, me taitoito ra tetai tangata kare c acre kite vaere ite Purumu, na te ture taua tangata taitoitoi ra c rave, c 2 dala c te afa te utunga. Tube XLV. —No te ta i te Au b te Akava. Ko te tangata c ta i te Au c te Akava, ka akautuugaia aia, tera tana utunga c 5 dala. Tube XLVL—No te Peee. Kare takiri te Pere c akatikaia ki runga i teia enua nei ko Earotonga, ko te tangata c rave i te reira peu, na te ture aia, ka akavaia aia, tera te utunga, ta te tangata nana te Pere, 10 ana dala, ta tei Pere ua c 5 dala. Kua tika roa teia ture ia rnatou. Makea. Pα. Kaeika. Kainuku. TINOMANA. Na matou na te vi Ariki i Earotonga nei.

Additional Law. Ture, no te Kava Maori c te Kava Papaa. Kare rava te Kava Maori c te Kava Papaa c akatikaia ki runga i te enua nei ko Earotonga, Kare c kare rava atu c tika; kia akarongo mai koutou etc aronga maro ite rave i teia apinga i kataraia etc Ture. To te enua nei, eto te moana mai; te Kava Maori c te Kava Papaa : okotai anake tv, kare c tika. Tera te tv o teia Ture, I. Ka Tumu. —Me Maori, me Papaa, akaapa ai i te ture, 100 dala. 11. Ka Mangamanga.—Me Maori, me Papaa, akaapa ai ite ture, 50 dala. 111. Ka Eau.—Me Maori, me Papaa, akaapa ai i te ture, 15 dala. Te Tumu. —Ko te au Pu Kava ite enua nei, eteau Pu Kava meite moana mai; te Maori etc Papaa: to te enua eto te moana :me akaapa i teia ture nei, koia te kumu i te kava, koia te tari kava mai; tea te Ture Tai te akakite anga i te utunga. Te Mangamanga.—Ko te axx tangata oko kava mai, mci te Tumu te Maori c te Papaa : to te enua nei, ma to te moanamai: tera tana utunga, tei akakiteia ite Ture Eva. Te Eau.—Ko te tangata oko kava c inu, ma te kai ua ; te Maori c te Papaa : tera tana utunga, tei akakiteia i te Ture Toru. [This law has neither number nor date attached. It was published in 1888, as having been passed by the Council of Arikis—Makea, Karika, Tinomana,, Pa, Kainuku, Vakatini. It was never enforced.]

[Tbanslation.] The Laws of Eaeotonga. Made by the Council of the Arikis, by Makea, Karika, Tinomana, Pa, and Kainuku. Printed at the Mission-house, Earotonga, 1879. " I have not come to destroy the law, but to fulfil it."—Matt. v. 17. Oue law is no respecter of persons. The penalty, from the chief to the least, from the native to the foreigner, is the same. All people are alike before the law. [The following is a summary of the laws. A literal translation is not given, as they contain much exposition and commentary which, however useful to the natives at the time, is not considered necessary in an English version. The enactments only are therefore given.—JP.J.M.] I. SoBCEEY. No one is allowed to make evil use of any of God's works, such as asking a sorcerer to find out the cause of sickness, or as to the discovery of a thief. The penalty is, for the sorcerer $10 fine, and for the person asking him $5, and forfeiture of any money that may have been paid to the sorcerer. See Lev. xx. 6, Dent, xviii. 11, Is. viii. 19. II. —MuEDKit. " Thou shalt not kill."—Ex. xx. 18. He who strikes a man, and that man dies, shall be judged. Here is his penalty :He also shall die (Ex. xxi. 12). If any man wilfully and of intent cause the death of another he too shall die (Ex. xxi. 14). If he fail in his intent he shall still be judged, and his penalty one year in prison, with such labour as the chief may decide. He will sleep in the prison at night. If a man slay another in self-defence he shall not be judged. The Falling Axe. If an axe fall when a man is using it, and another is killed by the fall, and there has been no intention to kill him, it will not be judged as murder. The penalty shall be a fine of $20, to pacify

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