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0. After the passing of this Ordinance all fees and fine;-;, of whatsoever nature, which have heretofore been'paid to any individual as fees, fines, &c, for the breaches of the law, or for any privilege granted, &c, shall cease, unless the same aiv previously authorised by the Council. 7. All fees, fines, Customs duties, or other moneys due to the Revenue Account under any enactment of the Council shall be recoverable before the Government Resident Agent in his judicial capacity. 8. Be it further enacted by the Council, that from and after a date to be published by the Government Resident Agent, there shall be one port of entry for Niue Island, and such port shall be Alofi. 9. All vessels arriving from places outside of Niue Island shall first enter at Alofi, and, subject to the discretion of the Government Resident Agent, shall take their departure therefrom and be cleared from the same place. 10. Masters of vessels arriving in Niue are required to deliver to the Government Resident Agent any mails or other postal matte_r for the inhabitants of Niue, and they are further required to give the Government Resident Agent at least six hours' notice of their departures, stating the port for which they are bound, failing which their clearance will be withheld. 11. The masters of all vessels clearing at Alofi are required to take mails for the PostmasterGeneral of the ports to which they are bound, and to deliver such mails to the proper authorities at such ports, failing which their clearances will be withheld. 12. Masters of vessels arriving at Niue and traders doing business ai Niue are required, on demand, to produce to the Government Resident Agent all necessary documents bearing on the nature and value of imports arriving at Alofi or other place, and in default thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds (£10). 13. The Government Resident Agent or Collector of Customs shall at all times have (lie light of entry and search into any vessel or building, or boxes, packages, or luggage of any description in which it is suspected there are dutiable goods which have not paid duty. 14. Any person evading payment of Customs duty by removing luggage, &c, before the same has been examined by the Customs officer shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds (£10), or in default of payment thereof, to three months' hard labour. The foregoing "Revenue of Niue Ordinance, 1903,'' was passed by the Niue Island Council at Alofi, this 25th day of August, 1903. Togia, President of Niue Island Council. Approved, C. F. Maxwell, Government Resident Agent, Niue. [Assented to by the Governor, 6th February, 1904.i]

Ordinance No. .">.-" Emigration Ordinance, 1903." Niue Island Council. Whereas many able-bodied Natives of Niue are in the habit of emigrating to other islands of the Pacific for long periods, and leave their families destitute or insufficiently provided for: And whereas the Island of Niue sustains serious injury through the depletion of the best of its working population : It is considered expedient to impose restrictions upon emigration, with the object of restraining the practice to within reasonable limits: Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Niue Island Council as follows : — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance is " The Niue Island Emigration Ordinance, 1903." Emigration of the Niue people to other places will only be allowed under the following conditions : — 2. No person under the age of sixteen years shall be capable of entering into any engagement with any white person to serve as a labourer for any term outside of Niue. 3. All persons desirous of hiring themselves as labourers outside of Niue shall appear before the Government Resident Agent and produce evidence of their age, of their free will in the matter, of their physical capacity (of which the Government Resident Agent shall be judge), that they are unmarried, or have made sufficient provision for their wives and families, and shall state if they understand the terms of agreement under which they hire themselves, and shall answer such questions as may be put to them by the Government Resident Agent. i. No person, being a Native of Niue, shall hire himself for work in any place outside of Niue for a longer term than one year. 5. All agreements between employers and employees, being labourers engaged for work outside of Niue, shall be submitted to the Government Resident Agent and be subject to his approval. Labourers shall sign such agreement in the presence of the Government Resident Agent after the same has been first explained to them, and an assurance given b}* such labourers that they understand the terms of the agreement, of which a copy shall be filed in the office of the Government Resident Agent. 6. Every Native of Niue emigrating to any other part, not being under agreement of hire, shall produce to the Government Resident Agent a certificate from the Native Magistrate or policeman of his village that he had made sufficient provision for those that are dependent on him who remain behind. Failing such certificate, the emigrant shall not be entitled to v pass under the hand of the Government Resident Agent enabling him to proceed to his destination, which the Government Agent is hereby authorised to issue to each emigrant. 7. There shall be paid by any Native person leaving Niue for other islands a fee of four shillings each for the pass issued as above. 8. Any person making false statements in reference to anything required of him shall be refused a pass, and shall be liable to a term of labour with hard work on the Island of Niue for not exceeding one month.