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1 The Short' Title of this Ordinance shall be " The Protection of Property Ordinance. 2' This Ordinance shall apply to the Island of Barotonga, but may, by resolution of the Federal Council, be made to apply to any island in the Federation. ™v™rtv 3 In any case where it shall be proved before the Chief Judge of the High Court that property has been stolen or maliciously destroyed, and that there is reasonable cause to f believe that the offenders are being screened or protected by the people of any Tapere, the Chief Judge aforesaid may ascertain the value of the property stolen or destroyed, and may impose a fine on one or more Taperes equivalent in value to the said property and the costs of the suit. 4, The Chief Judge of the High Court may order the Mataiapo of any Tapere to collect the fine imposed and pay it into the Court within the period named by the Court and any person who shall neglect or refuse to carry out the order of the Court, or shall obstruct the collection of The fine shall be guilty of contempt of Court and liable to fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour, or a fine not exceeding twenty shillings. , , rwrmiasimi 5 Any person who shall be found trespassing on the land of another without the permission of the ownlror occupier shall, unless he or she can show sufficient reason for the trespass be liable to a fine of not exceeding forty shillings, or in default one month's imprisonment with hard kbour. 6 In any instanct where it shall be shown that a landowner has been Persistently annoyed by petty larcenies or malicious injury to his property the Chief Judge o the Higi Courfmay y call upon the Ariki of the district to call out the able-bodied inhabitants of the adenine Tapere and fence in the land of the injured person with the ordinary wall of coral lock. Ordinance passed unanimously at 10 a.m., 14th December, WOL

Cook Islands, Rarotonga.—Ordinance No. 3. Chinese tea-shops : f e The n s a ho e rt'Title of this Ordinance shall be "The Sale of Cocoanuts <**?"S£ 2 During the continuance of a rahui over the cocoa-palms of any island it shall not *£ lawful tn Jl any of the nuts thereof except by permission of a policeman, who may either sign y n writmgthL the vendors are the rightful owners of the nuts, or attend the traders personally to aUth lny e Ma e ornnfringing the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of ten shillings, or 111 against this section shall be liable to be fined five pounds C ° bSe 4 nt Traders shall in all cases keep the record required by section fifteen of" The Au Empowering lowing purchased from any person who would appear to be under the (6 )Airfut° S f sh2i c b n nye y p e aid Bfor8for in coin, whether Chili or British, and shall not be bartered 6 This Or£ a t a ;Sr'ap P ry h to g t O h O e d Islands of Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu Mauke and Mitia 6 ro T but BhaU nTapphJ to until adopted by resolution of the Council of that island. Ordinance passed unanimously, 14th December, 1901. g

No. 67. New Plymouth, 9th January, 1901. C7TZ\»£" »T»O louSto. will be ? . retroyade »0v»,e... So f.r .» I ■»„ gather, * : "W* -b- b- b».n *~ »P » «- time of my departure in continuation of previous reports. j ttt !■■ l S PBKCiy Smith. His Excellency the Governor, Wellington. °- r

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