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2. The salary of each member of the Niue Island Council shall be at the rate of five pounds (£5) per annum; and such salary shall commence on the day this Ordinance be assented to by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. 3. Clause sixteen (16) of " The Niue Island Council Constitution Ordinance, 1902," in so far as it relates to the payment of salaries to members of the Niue Island Council, is hereby repealed. Passed by the Niue Island Council, this seventeenth day of December, one thousand , nine hundred and seven. Togia, President of Niue Island Council. Approved. H. Cornwall, Resident Commissioner, Niue. Assented to in the name and on behalf of His Majesty. Plunket, 20th February, 1908. Governor.

Ordinance No. 21.—" The Niue Island Native Magistrates and Police Ordinance 1904 Amendment Ordinance, 1907." Whereas it is expedient to increase the salaries of the Native Magistrates and Police : Be it therefore enacted by the Niue Island Council as follows :— 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance is " The Niue Island Native Magistrates and Police Ordinance 1904 Amendment Ordinance, 1907." 2. Each Native Magistrate shall be paid a salary at the rate of ten pounds (£10) per annum, and each policeman shall be paid a salary at the rate of five pounds (£5) per annum. 3. The increased salaries referred to in clause two (2) hereof shall commence on the day this Ordinance be assented to by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. 4. Clauses four (4) and twenty-seven (27) of " The Niue Island Native Magistrates and Police Ordinance, 1904," in so far as they relate to the payment of salaries to Native Magistrates and policemen, are hereby repealed. Passed by the Niue Island Council, this seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven. Togia, President of Niue Island Council. Approved. H. Cornwall, Resident Commissioner, Niue. Assented to in the name and on behalf of His Majesty. Plunket, 20th February, 1908. Governor.

No. 61. • Sir, — Cook and other Islands Administration, Wellington, 12th March, 1908. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th December last, and, in reply, to return to you " The Niue Island Council Constitution Ordinance 1902 Amendment Ordinance, 1907 " (No. 20), and " The Niue Island Native Magistrates and Police Ordinance 1904 Amendment Ordinance, 1907 " (No. 21), duly assented to by His Excellency the Governor. I have, &c, The Resident Commissioner, Niue. James MoGowan.

TARIFF ACT. No. 62. Sir, — Cook and other Islands Administration, Wellington, 27th September, 1907. I have the honour to forward to you, under a separate cover, copy of the Tariff Bill as it passed the House of Representatives. You will observe that section 14 provides that the Act shall not come into force in the Cook and other Islands until a day to be determined by the Governor in Council. The effect of section 14 is that until the issue of the Order in Council the existing tarifi will be maintained in the islands; and thereafter, in addition to the duties specified in the new tariff, the duties mentioned in subsection (4) will be levied on sugar and cotton piece-goods, &c, entered in the islands. . I have, &c, The Resident Commissioner, Niue. James McGowan,