A.—4b.

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Aitagi or Death Feast abolished. 49. The holding of an " aitagi "or death feast in Samoa is prohibited. Any person present at or in any manner concerned in the holding of an " aitagi " is liable to a fine not exceeding £2. Treatment of Diseases. 50. It shall be the duty of the father, or, in default of him, of the mother or other guardian, of any child suffering from yaws to immediately report the fact to the Pulenu'u of the village in which such child is resident. 51. It shall be the duty of every Pulenu'u who has information that any child is suffering from yaws to immediately report the fact to the Secretary for Native Affairs at Apia or to the Resident Commissioner in Savai'i. 52. No person having custody of a child suffering from yaws shall permit such child to travel or to enter or remain in any other village than that in which it is usually resident, except for the purpose of being treated by a Medical Officer. 53. No person shall treat or undertake to treat any other person for the disease of yaws by means of any Native or other remedy not approved by the Chief Medical Officer. 54. It shall be the duty of the father, or, in default of him, of the mother or other guardian, of every child under the age of ten years to produce such child for inspection and medical treatment whenever and wherever reasonably required by a Medical Officer or by a person having the authority of such officer. 55. It shall be the duty of the father, or, in default of him, of the mother or other guardian, of every child treated by a Medical Officer, or other person having the authority of such officer, for yaws or any other disease to permit such child to receive, and to secure that such child undergoes the full course of treatment prescribed by such officer or person. 56. No person being required by a Medical Officer or other person having the authority of such officer to submit himself for treatment for the disease of yaws shall refuse or neglect so to do. 57. Any person who, without reasonable cause, makes default in compliance with the requirements of any of the preceding clauses numbered 50 to 56 (inclusive) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2 for such default. Breaches of the Law by Village Communities. 58. (1) If upon the information of any officer of the Administration authorized in writing by the Administrator to lay the same, charging that there has been a general breach of the law on the part of any village community, it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that there has been such general breach, and that there is no reasonable excuse for such breach, and that the law so broken was or reasonably might have been generally known among such community, the Court may inflict a fine not exceeding £25 in respect of such breach. (2) Any fine so inflicted or any unpaid balance thereof shall be deemed to be payable by such of the matais resident in such village and in such proportion as the Court shall from time to time direct, or, in the absence of any such direction, by all such matais in equal proportions. (3) The Court shall direct service of any information under this clause upon such person and in such manner as it shall think necessary in order to bring such information to the notice generally of the inhabitants of such village, and any such service shall be deemed to be sufficient service. (4) No proceedings under this clause shall be taken or heard save before the Chief Judge of the Court. Reservation of Native Land for Church Purposes. 59. In the following clauses of these regulations " Church purposes " means and includes the provision of a site for a place of worship, or for a pastor's house, or for a school conducted by a religious denomination, or for houses for pupils or teachers of such a school, or for a plantation for the support of pupils or teachers of such a school, or for any one or more of such purposes. 60. If and whenever the Administrator shall be satisfied that any Native land has been at any time sold, gifted, or set aside by the Samoan owners thereof exclusively for Church purposes for the benefit of the adherents of some Christian denomination, and that the said owners are willing that such land shall be exclusively so used in perpetuity, and that no lawful alienation or disposition of the said land by way of conveyance, lease, or otherwise has been made in pursuance of the aforesaid sale, gift, or setting aside, the Administrator, on application in writing made on behalf of the 3aid adherents, may, by Proclamation under his hand, declare that land to be reserved for Church purposes, and to be held for the adherents of the said denomination. 61. Every Proclamation made under the preceding clause shall be published in the Western Samoa Gazette and in some official publication circulating among Samoans. 62. Native land which has been declared by a Proclamation under clause 60 to be reserved for Church purposes shall from the date of such Proclamation be held by the Crown for the use exclusively of the adherents of the denomination named in such Proclamation for Church purposes for so long as in the opinion of the Administrator there shall be any of such adherents reasonably requiring its use for Church purposes ; and in the event of there ceasing to be any such adherents so reasonably requiring, then such land shall be held by the Crown for such other use for the benefit of the Samoans in general, or of the particular community to whom the land originally belonged, as the Administrator shall from time to time determine. SCHEDULE. Districts of Western Samoa. Name of District. Names of Villages comprised in Districts. Upolu. Tuamasaga Matu .. .. Laulii Vaiala Lepea Malie Letogo Matautu Vailoa Afega Vailele Apia Vaiusu Tuana'i Fagalii Tanugamanono Saina Leauva'a Matafagatele Alamagoto Toamua Saleimoa. Magiagi Vaimoso Faleula Aana Matu .. .. • • Faleasi'u Leulumoega Faleatiu Satui Fasitoouta Fasitootai Satapuala Sagafili. Nofoalii Vailuutai Aiga ile tai .. .. • • Mulifanua Lepuia'i Apai Apolima. Faleu Salua Aana Saute .. .. .. Samatau Levi Safaato'a Gagaifoolevao Si'ufaga Falevai Savaia Matautu Pata Matafaa Tafagamanu Saleaula. Matautu Faleaseela