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4. Every officer of police may at any time during business hours visit the premises of any trader or exporter of copra and examine the copra therein stored, and may al any time visit any place where copra, is being dried. Any officer of police may seize any copra which in Ids opinion does not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance. 5. Any copra the cause of any conviction may be confiscated arid destroyed by an order of the High Court. 6. Every one is liable lo a line not exceeding ten pounds who infringes any of the provisions of this Ordinance. Passed by the Island Council of Niue, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. Joseph P. McMahon-Box, Clerk of the Island Council of Niue. Assented to on behalf of the Governor, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. H. Cornwall, [l.s.] Resident Commissioner of Niue.

No. 2.—The Niue Traders' Hours of Business Ordinance, 1916. An Ordinance to regulate the Hours of Business of Licensed Traders in Niue. Be it enacted by the Island Council of Niue in Council assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Niue Traders' Hours of Business Ordinance, 191.6. 2. (1.) The following hours of business shall be observed by traders, and no trader shall carry on the business of buying, selling, and bartering at other hours : Week-days, except Wednesdays, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesdays, from 7 a.m. to noon. (2.) Nothing herein contained shall binder a trader from attending to the lauding and shipping of goods at other than the appointed hours of business when a ship is in port. 3. (1.) The following days shall be observed as holidays by traders and their employees, and no business of any kind whatever shall be carried on on those days : New Year's Day, 2nd January, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the Sovereign's birthday, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. (2.) When New Year's Day, or 2nd January, or Christmas Day, or Boxing Day falls on a Sunday, then the Monday and Tuesday following that Sunday shall be observed as holidays; also when the Sovereign's birthday falls on a Sunday the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. 4. Every one is liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds who infringes any of the provisions of this Ordinance. Passed by the Island Council of Niue, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. Joseph P. MoMaiion-Box, Clerk of the Island Council of Niue. Assented to on behalf of the Governor, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. H. Cornwall, [l.s.J Resident Commissioner of Niue. No. 3.—The Niue Fish-protection Ordinance, 1916. An Ordinance to impose Restrictions upon the Practice of destroying Fish by Means of Explosives. Be it enacted by the Island Council of Niue in Council assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Niue Fish-protection Ordinance, 1916. 2. Every person who uses dynamite or other explosive substance to catch or destroy fish in the waters surrounding Niue is liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. 3. Every person who accompanies or assists any person using dynamite or other explosive substance to catch or destroy fish as aforesaid shall be held to be guilty of the principal offence. Passed by the Island Council of Niue, this fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. Joseph P. McMahon-Box, Clerk of the Island Council of Niue. Assented to on behalf of the Governor, this fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. H. Cornwall, [ij-S.j Resident Commissionei of Niue. No. 4.—The Niue Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1916 An Ordinance to make Provision for the Regulation of Traffic on the Roads of Niue. Be it enacted by the Island Council of Niue in Council assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Niue Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1916.