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akara i te au Ture kia rave meitaki ia i runga te Enua nei, i oti te kimi ia c te Council c na ratou katoa c rave ma te kimi meitaki atu i te tuatua no tetai Uipaanga atu a muri atu, c na ratou katoa c iki i te tangata tau ci rave i te Au o Mangaia nei, c kia akatikaia c te Uipaanga (Council). 8. Te au Tangata i akataoonga ia ko Te Aro no Tamarua, Kakerua no Tavaenga, Meringitangi no Veitatei, Kiripaore no Ivirua, c Poito no Keia. Ko taua au tangata tei akataoonga nei kare c rauka i te kirite ua tona Taoonga ci te Uipaanga (Council) roarai c rauka i te kirite tona taoonga ma te kimi meitaki rai me mate tetai o aua nga Akavanui nei na te au c iki mai tetai kia tika ra c te Uipaanga (Council). 9. Te angaanga ate au Akavanui c tuku ua ite utunga kite tangata ma te kimi katoa cte ara i roto i tona au Puna Inara me kite te Government c pekapeka maata ka tiki i te au Akavanui o roto i te au Puna ci kimi i taua pekapeka ra mci te mea c kua tau no te apa no ratou c tuku i te utunga c tau no taua ara. Teia tana au ara maata koia te Ariki me akakino ite Ture ma te au Paoa katoa c ma te vi Eangatira--10. Ka tikai te Au (koiate Government) i te akaiti i te utunga a te aronga tei aka utunga maata ia teia ratou katoa te akakore takiri me tau tikai ia ratou no te apa mua teia i peraiai kia oki ra kia apa akaou kare te aroa. Eka tika katoa ite Akavanui kia pera ma te akakite katoa kite Uipaanga (Council) c tika ravai. 11. Mci te mea c angaanga rapurapu ka kimi ia ka tika i te Government i te Uipa mai ite Council ci kimi ci. 12. Ka rave te Au i tetai puka ci tata i te au mea ravarai i tupu i runga i te Enua nei c ma te au Ture katoa c tetai au angaanga atu. 13. Ka rave te akavaanga i te ngai atea koia te are akava kia kite te tangata katoatoa tei inangaro Ida kite, c ka rave te au Akavanui i te tata i tei akavaia. 14. Ko te Government cte Council ka tau kite au tv tangata ravarai tei Ekalesia c tei noo ua i vao i te Ekalesia ko teia angaanga nei c Ture c angaanga ia no te tangata katoatoa tangata kite c te pakare no te mea c angaanga kite Evangelia c angaanga ke te Ture mci te mea c Ekalesia tetai Government ma tetai Mema o te Council kia topa ra aia ki vao i te Ekalesia kare aia c topa i te angaanga Ture c kare tona taoonga c rauka i te rave no tona topa anga ki vao i te Ekalesia ka topa aia i te apa tau tikai c ka raveia tona taoonga kia mua i te Uipaanga (Council). 15. Me kua akaapaia tetai tangata c tata te Akavanui kiaia kia acre mai kia kimi ia tona apa c tuku rai aia kia akakite i tana tuatua ci akataka i taua apa ra. Me kore aia c tae mai kite Akavaanga tei te Akavanui te kimi tikai i taua apa ra me tau ka tuku aia i te utunga kore uatu tana tangata c tae mai kite are Akavaanga. 16. Nga Ture ravarai i oti ite Council c topiri acre kite ngai atea patiti ci tei taka iteAu ci patiti anga koia ki oneroa ki Tamarua c Ivirua kia kite ci te tangata katoatoaia o te Enua nei.

[Translation.] Law for the Future Government op Mangaia.'—(No. 1, 1891; 17th August, 1891.) It having been resolved by the Arikis, the Paoas, the rangatiras, and the people of the six punas of Mangaia, in public meeting assembled by the British Eesident, on Friday, the 31st day of July, 1891, as follows —" That there shall be one Council for the whole of Mangaia, and that the following persons shall be the first members thereof —namely, 1, Tiani {Ariki) ; 2, Nooroa {Ariki) ; 3, Ngariu {Paoa) ; 4, Kiriiti {Paoa) ; 5, Atatoa {Paoa) ; 6, Vaipo {Paoa) ; 7, Pute {Paoa) ; 8, Turoua {Paoa); 9, Meringatangi (Judge); 10, Te Aro (Judge); 11, Kakerua (Judge); 12, Kiripaore (Judge); 13, Poeto (Judge) ; 14, Tai {rangatira) ; 15, Teaki {rangatira) ; 16, Te Nio Iti {rangatira) ; 17, Tua {rangatira) ; 18, Makiamo {rangatira) ; 19, Mauri {rangatira) ; 20, Maiti {rangatira) ; 21, Ingatu {rangatira) ; 22, Eimataei {rangatira) :" The said Council doth now, on the 17th day of August, 1891, enact as follows :— 1. All laws made by the Council shall be subject to the approval of the British. Eesident, who shall also say when they are to come into operation. 2. The Arikis, Paoas, and Judges shall be permanent members of the Council by virtue of their respective offices. 3. The other members shall sit for one year, but may be re-elected. The election shall take place on the day of in each year. 4. The number of members (twenty-two) may be increased or decreased at any time by a law of the Council. 5. The Council shall meet every year on the day of , at o'clock in the forenoon ; but if that day fall on Sunday it shall meet on the next day. 6. The Council shall every year at its sitting elect a Chairman, who may or may not be a member. The Chairman shall preside at the meetings for that session, and shall see that a proper record of the proceedings be kept. The Chairman shall have a casting-vote only. 7. The Arikis and the Paoas shall form the Government of Mangaia. The duty of the Government is to see that the laws made by the Council are carried out with justice and mercy, to look after the work when the Council is not sitting, and to prepare the business for the Council so that it may not lose time and meet in vain. The Government shall also appoint all officers necessary to carry out the decisions of the Council; but such appointments shall be subject to the approval of the Council at its first ensuing meeting. 8. The following are hereby appointed Judges, and they can only be removed from office by a law of the Council: The Judge for Veitatei shall be Meringatangi; the Judge for Tamarua shall be Te Aro; the Judge for Tavaenga shall be Kakerua; the Judge for Ivirua shall be Kiripaore; the Judge for Keia shall be Poito. In event of any Judge dying or vacating office his successor shall be appointed by the Government, subject to approval by the Council. 9. The Judges are the only persons to levy fines or to decide disputes, each in his own district.