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satisfied, or until such lien shall by order of the Court be removed. The Court may at any time make such order or orders for payment of such moneys by instalments out of rents or otherwise as to the Court shall deem expedient, and may on any subsequent partition apportion any such lien or charge over the several partitions. 29. The payment by any person into the office of the Registrar of a sum of money secured by such lien shall be a discharge thereof. The money so paid to the Registrar shall be held in trust for and paid to such person as the Court shall determine to be entitled to the same. V. Bules and Regulations. 30. The Chief Judge may from time to time, with the approval of the Resident Commissioner, make and prescribe, and alter and revoke, rules of practice and procedure and forms of proceedings and documents in the various matters in which jurisdiction is or may be conferred upon the Court, and also regulations for the government of all persons acting under this Order in Council, and for regulating the sittings of the Court, and for fixing the fees to be paid under this Order in Council, and the time and mode of payment, and for enforcing payment thereof. 31. All such rules and regulations, and every alteration and revocation thereof, shall, within one month after the approval thereof, be published in the Cook Islands Gazette. A copy of such rules and regulations, and every alteration and revocation thereof, shall also, as soon as possible after approval thereof, be transmitted to the Governor. 32. All fees payable under this Order in Council shall be paid by the Registrar into the Cook Islands Treasury. Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Conncil.

No. 17. Sir,— Premier's Office, Wellington, 9th July, 1902. Referring to your letter (No. 31) of the 30th April, respecting the proposed Marriage and Divorce Act of Niue, 1 have to point out when passed by the Island Council it will have to be reserved by the Governor for the Royal assent, His Excellency's Instructions precluding him from assenting to any Bill for the divorce of persons joined together in holy matrimony. I have, &c, J. Carroll, The Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga. For the Premier.

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No. 18. Ordinances op the Federal Council op the Cook Islands, Nos. 5 to 10 inclusive, forwarded by the resident commissioner foe the assent op hls excellency the Governor. (July, 1902.) No. s. — An Ordinance to extend the Provisions of " The Traders' License Act, 1898," to the Island of Niue. (3rd July, 1902.) Be it enacted by the Federal Council of the Cook and Other Islands : — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance is " The Traders' License Extension Ordinance, 1902." 2. " The Traders' License Act, 1898," and the regulations made thereunder, are hereby extended to and shall have force within the Island of Niue as from the first day of April, 1902.

No. 6. — An Ordinance to amend " The Local Statutes Amendment Act, 1900." (sth July, 1902.) Be it enacted by the Federal Council of the Cook and Other Islands:— 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance is " The Islands Statutes Amendment Ordinance, 1902." 2. Section three of " The Island Statutes Amendment Act, 1900," is hereby amended by striking out the words "Provided always that her husband shall have formally consented to the sentence in open Court."

No. 7. — An Ordinance to further Restrict the use of Chili and other Foreign Money. (sth July, 1902.) Whereas by Proclamation made under the provisions of " The British Currency Act, 1894," the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, was fixed as a date from and after which the gold, silver, and other coinage of Great Britain and Ireland should be the only coinage current as legal tender in the Cook Islands: And whereas it is expedient to further restrict the use of foreign money within the Cook Islands and the other islands included within the boundaries of New Zealand by virtue of the Proclamation of the eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one, other than the Island of Niue (all of which are hereinafter called and referred to as " the said islands "): Be it therefore enacted by the Cook and Other Islands Federal Council as follows : — 1. The' Short Title of this Ordinance is "The Chili and Foreign Coinage Restriction Ordinance, 1902." 2. No person shall make payment for the purchase, nor shall any person receive payment for the sale of auy fruit, copra, pearlshell, or other produce of the said islands, in money other than the current coinage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Any person infringing the provisions of this section shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding two pounds, or in default not exceeding one month's hard labour.