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Principal Imports for the Year ended 31st December, 1916.

Exports for the Year ended 31st December, 1916.

ORDINANCES. No. I.—The Niue Copra Ordinance, 1916. An Ordinance to regulate the Making and Selling of Copra 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 Copra Ordinance, 1916. 2. (1.) It is forbidden for any person to make, sell, purchase, or have in his possession copra made from immature coconuts. (2.) For the purposes of this section "immature coconuts" means coconuts that have not ripened on and fallen naturally from the tree. 3. It is forbidden for any person to sell, purchase, export, or have in his possession stored ready for export,— (a.) Copra that is not properly dried : (6.) Copra that is dirty or rotten : (c.) Copra affected by contact with fresh water.

From New Zealand. Prom Australia. From Total other Places. j Agricultural produce Animals-—horses Apparel and slops Bicycles Biscuits Boots and shoes Butter and cheese Cotton piece-goods Drapery Drugs and chemicals Fish, preserved Flour Furniture and joinery Hardware Matches Meats, preserved and salted Milk, preserved Oil, kerosene, and benzine Perfumery Rice £ 50 30 539 121 806 170 176 1,034 184 640 233 182 255 211 134 584 105 176 97 4.01 204 91 106 175 64 744 1,422 £ 19 45 7 4 1 1 155 17 2 5 £ £ 69 31. 61 19 603 128 810 171 1.77 70 1,259 5 206 642 233 187 255 218 134 584 106 179 2 100 403 204 2 99 108 175 64 760 1,577 7 1 3 I 2 Soap Stationery and books Sugar Timber, sawn Tinware Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes Miscellaneous 6 2 16 155 Totals 8,934 449 129 9,512

To New Zealand. Quantity. Value. Copra Fungus Hats Other goods .. 87 tons 63,246 1b. 1,278 dozen £ 1,196 1,297 600 286 £3,379 Total