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3. The increased salaries referred Co 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Ordinance, 1904," in so far as they relate to the payment of salaries to Native Magistrates and policemen, are hereby repealed.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. Coenwall, Resident Commissioner, Niue. Assented to in the name and on behalf of His Majesty. Plunket, 20th February, 1908. Governor.

Oedinance No. 22. NIUE ISLAND PUBLIC' SCHOOL ORDINANCE, 1908. Whbkeas it is expedient and necessary to establish a public school at Niue, and that land should be acquired as a site therefor, and a public schoolhouse, schoolmaster's residence, and other necessary buildings be erected : And whereas a suitable piece of land has been selected, being part of a block of land known as " Tufu," in the .District of South Alofi . And whereas the said piece of land has been purchased from the owners thereof for the sum of one hundred and eight pounds, which sum was collected by public subscription by the Native people of Niue, and paid by them to the said owners, who, on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, executed a deed of conveyance of the said piece of land to His Majesty King Edward the Seventh, his heirs and assigns : And whereas by the law of Niue no land can be alienated by sale : Be it therefore enacted by the Niue Island Council as follows :— 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance is "The Niue Island Public School Ordinance, 1908." 2. The sale and conveyance of the piece or parcel of land at South Alofi, Niue, being part of the block of land known as " Tufu," the particulars whereof are set out in the deed of conveyance hereinbefore referred to, dated the first of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and delineated on the plan attached thereto, is, notwithstanding the before-mentioned law of Niue, hereby ratified and confirmed, without reserve or condition. 3. That, in consideration of the New Zealand Government providing and paying the salary of a qualified schoolmaster, the cost of erecting a public schoolhouse, schoolmaster's residence, and other necessary buildings and conveniences, and also the subsequent maintenance thereof, be paid out of the Niue Island revenue. The foregoing " Niue Island Public School Ordinance, 1908," was passed by the Niue Island Council, at Alofi, on the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight Togia, Approved. President of Niue Island Council. H. Coenwall, Resident Commissioner, Niue. Assented to in the name and on behalf of His Majesty. Plunket, Governor. 13th June, 1908. Approximate Cost of Piyper. —Preparation, hoc given; printing (1.400 copies] £3 6a. 6d.

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