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18. Any notice under this Ordinance to be served upon any person may be served — (a.) Either personally, or by leaving the same at, or posting the same in a registered letter addressed to, such person's last known place of abode or business, Rarotonga. (b.) If such person is absent from Rarotonga, then by similarly serving the notice upon his known agent or attorney. (c.) If there is no known agent or attorney, then by publishing a copy of such notice in the Cook Islands Gazette, and affixing a copy of such notice upon a conspicuous part of the land, or on some public road adjacent thereto. li). In this Ordinance, if not inconsistent with the text, — "European" shall mean all persons other than aboriginal natives, and includes all halfcastes living as Europeans: " Fence " means a sufficient fence of any of the kinds mentioned in Schedule A separating the lands of different occupiers, and includes all necessary gates, culverts, and channels: " Judge " means a European Judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands: " Occupier " includes any European person who is in occupation of or entitled to occupy any land.

SCHEDULE A.—Description of Sufficient Fence. (a.) A post-and-rail fence not less than 3 ft. 9 in. in height, of substantial material, firmly erected with not less than three rails, the space between the bottom rail and the ground not to exceed 5 in., and the posts not more than 9 ft. apart. (l>.) A substantial wire fence having not less than three wires tightly stretched and stapled, posts of durable wood well and substantially erected; the posts or standards not to be more than 9 ft. apart, top wire not to be less than 3 ft. 9 in. from the surface of the ground; the wires to be not lighter than No. 8, in steel, black, or galvanised wires. (c.) Any paling fence at least 3 ft. 9 in. high with posts and two rails, and having split or sawn timber placed perpendicularly and well nailed to both rails, there being not more than 4 in. of opening between each perpendicular piece of timber. (d.) A stone wall well and substantially built, limed, plastered, or cemented over, not less than 4 ft. in height, and not less than 2 ft. in width at base. (c.) Any other description of fence mutually agreed upon in writing by the persons interested. [Note. — (c) and (d) shall apply only to lands within any settlement used for residential or business purposes.] SCHEDULE B— Notice to make Fence. To C. D., occupier [or agent of occupier] of [Describing contiguous land]. Take notice that I desire that a fence between [Describing the lands] be made on or before the day of , 190 , and propose that such fence shall be a [Describe the fence]. Dated the day of , 190 . A. 8., Occupier [or, &c.]. SCHEDULE C—Cross-notice. To A. 8., occupier of [Describing adjoining land]. Take notice that I object to your notice to fence, dated the day of , 190 , in as far as it does not correspond with the proposal that I now make, to wit, that a fence between [Describe the lands] be made on or before the day of , 190 , and that such fence shall be [Describe fence]. Dated the day of , 190 . C. D., Occupier [or, &o.]. SCHEDULE D. — Notice claiming Half Value of Fence already erected. To C. D., occupier [or agent of occupier] of [Describe contiguous land]. Take notice that I claim , being one-half the value of the fence between [Describe land]. Dated the day of , 190 . A. 8., Occupier [or, &c.]. SCHEDULE E.—Cross-notice. To A. 8., occupier [or, &c.]. Take notice that I object to the amount of demanded by you as half value of the fence between [Describe land]. lam willing to pay the sum of for the same [or I object (Here state any objections)]. Dated this day of , 190 . C. D., Occupier [or, &c.].

Passed this twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three. S. Savage, Clerk to the Council. W. E. Gudgeon, Resident Commissioner. [Assented to by the Governor, 31st August, 1903.]