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1947 NEW ZEALAND

COOK ISLANDS

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

MEMORANDUM

• Wellington, 22nd July, 1947. I submit the report of the administration of the Government of the Cook Islands, including Niue, for the year ended 31st March, 1947. In respect of the islands other than Niue, the enactment during the year of legislation providing for the establishment of a Legislative Council of the Cook Islands was a fact of outstanding importance to the people of the Cook Islands. In respect of Niue, the year was marked by a record in trade turnover, total imports and exports being nearly 50 per cent, greater than in the preceding year. P. Fraser, Minister of Island Territories.