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to comply with such judgment the offender may be brought by the police, on due authority, before the Court, and may be fined not exceeding one pound (£1) for contempt of Court, in addition to any fine or other punishment which may be inflicted for the offence for which the summons has been issued. 36. Any person refusing to comply with the order of any Court in the Island of Niue will render himself liable to have any of his property seized by the police, on authority duly issued, which property may be sold to defray the judgment and costs thereof. 37. Any person who offers a bribe to any officer of the Government of Niue shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds (£5), or, in the discretion of the Native Magistrate, may be sentenced to not more than three (3) months' hard labour. 38. Any officer of the Niue Government who receives a bribe in any form, on conviction before the Court, shall lose his office, and shall be ineligible for future employment. 39. In any case wherein the Resident Commissioner has reason for thinking that substantial justice has not been done by the Native Magistrate, he shall have power to order a new trial before one or more of the other Magistrates or before the Court. 40. Any person intimidating another, or offering payment of any kind to another to conceal any offence under this Ordinance, may, on conviction, be punished as if he had committed such an offence. 41. Any person proved to be the father of a child or children of a widow or unmarried woman may be ordered by the Native Magistrate to contribute monthly to the support of each such chile: a sum of money not exceeding four shillings (45.), or goods to that value, such support to be continued until the said child or children shall have attained the age of seven (7) years. Neglect to comply with the order of the Magistrate may be punished by one (1) week's hard labour for each default. The foregoing " Niue Island Native Magistrates and Police Ordinance, 1904," was passed by the Niue Island Council at Alofi, this seventeenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four. Togia, Approved, President of Niue Island Council. C. F. Maxwell, Resident Commissioner, Niue. [Assented to by the Governor, 26th August, 1904.]

No. 10. Sir,-- Niue, 20th June, 1904. I have the honour to submit for your consideration a scheme for improving the jetty at Alofi. The present structure is a great convenience, and quite fulfils all that was expected of it. I look upon it, however, as but a makeshift, and would like to build a permanent causeway. At present the decking has to be removed on approach of heavy weather, and replaced when vessels arrive. This operation costs from Bs. to 10s. on each occasion, and there is always a risk of losing the planking by a sudden rise of the sea. I propose to fill in between the piers with stone bedded in concrete, and plaster the surface with cement. Decking would then be unnecessary, and the jetty would become a solid mass, unlikely to be affected by the heaviest sea. As material is convenient, the only expense would be for New Zealand cement and for labour. Hydraulic lime will serve for the body of the structure, and cement outside. Eight to ten ton* of lime and cement will probably be required. It is work that can be done piecemeal. When part is completed it will be seen what quantity of lime, &c, is necessary. Trusting you will be able to sanction the expenditure, I have, &c, C. F. Maxwell, Hon. C. H. Mills, Minister in Charge, Resident Commissioner, Niue. Cook and other Islands Department, Wellington.

No. 11. Sir, — Rarotonga, 23rd June, 1904. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 98, with reference to the Aitutaki Lagoon, and have the honour to inform you that no definite arrangement has been entered into with Messrs. Dexter and Winchester for the reason that until the lagoon becomes the property of the Crown any arrangement would be ultra vires. The proposal is, however, that in consideration of the firm above mentioned planting the lagoon with Scilly shell, they will, from the date of the first planting, be given an exclusive right to dive for ten years. I would point out that this concession is only a small one, since it would take six years of the ten to make the shell worth diving for. I have, &c., W. E. Gudgeon, Resident Commissioner. The Hon. C. H. Mills, Minister administering the Islands, Wellington.

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