RARATONGA.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 7

RARATONGA.

THE DUTIES OF RESIDENT COMMISSIONER Karotonga has como mto tho public ovn a good deal of lato, on account of tho visit to tho Cook Group of his .Excellency "tho Governor, and the change that is being made ship!^ 00 Resident Commissioner- .. A gentlranan inow m Wellington, who Inn .livod ui Barotonga, says: .'Tho - dn+i*M, 1 c tho Resident Commissioner, include those of presiding at tho High Court acd tho' Land ? v la , : oliainnan of the' Land Commissioner, of Customs, and is the: social head of whit ' S f tcommunity. As Judeo of the Native; Land Court,, he'has to adjiifi.re F r ! m ' olved cases. between the arihs,. and -.chiefs,, and the niii ™ ! between the native owners, and white plant! tint B ' an r caseB ' P e , olJ,iar points crop ud that demand; very delicate handling : that: the ;. Court ,sits overy ■ three'''l? shows that- there is plenty : of work foK% to do. Both the High Court and tho Land Court hold sittings in , the different k' lands,' and .it s,jcaks well for: Colonel Gud peon's administration thai no"complaints are lodged .against-hia decisions, but, if mistakes are -made, l am 'certain, there will bo ractions; down at Barotonga/ '.This,natives arc very intelligent,, and . sticklers .- f or .2 rights,, and, ; on-o : or 'two injudicious 'decisions may very, easily pat the islands in -a for n'ont. • , i .