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No. 7. Sir, — Cook Islands Administration, Wellington, 11th May, 1911. 1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th April, and learn with regret of the death of Rongomatane Ariki of Atiu. Please convey to the relatives my sympathy at the death of their Ariki. I have, &c, The Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga. J. Carroll.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF ISLAND COUNCILS. No. 8. Sir, — Cook Islands Administration, Rarotonga, 27th April, 1911. J have the honour to report that I am in receipt of a communication, dated to-day, from the Returning Officer for Rarotonga, informing me that the election of members of the Rarotonga Island Council has been duly completed as provided by the Act of 1908, No. 28, section 11, with the following results :— Teariki Pori has been elected by a majority of twenty-live votes to represent the district of Arorangi. For the district of Takitumu. Paaro Koropuaka was elected by a large majority. The district of Avarua returned Teariki Tara-are, who was the only candidate for this district. In the next Gazette the results of the election will be duly published. I am informed by the Returning Officer that everything was conducted in a quiet and peaceable manner, and he is pleased to report that the people were most orderly and peaceable throughout. I have, &c, J. Eman Smith, Resident Commissioner. The Hon. the Minister in Charge, Cook Islands Administration, Wellington.

No. 9. Sir,— Cook Islands Administration, Wellington, 11th May, 1911. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th April, reporting the election of the members of the Rarotonga Island Council. I have, &c, The Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga. J. Carroll.

No. 10. Sir, — Cook Islands Administration, Rarotonga, 25th: May, 1911. I have the honour to inform you that in accordance with section 11 of the Cook Islands Government Act, 1908, an election of two members of the Mangaia Island Council for each of the three settlements of that Island—viz., Ivirua, Tamarua, and Onerua—was held on the 19th, 20th, and 22nd of April last respectively, when the following were duly declared elected : For Ivirua, Mauria and Veivei; for Tamarua, Taraaere and Makiakama ; for Onerua, William Cuthers and Tamangaro. The elected members will hold office for three years from the Ist instant, and the election will be duly notified in the next issue of the Cook Islands Gazette. I have, &c, J. Eman Smith, Resident Commissioner. The Hon. the Minister in Charge, Cook Islands Administration, Wellington.

No. 11. Sir,— Cook Islands Administration, Wellington, 6th June, 1.911. , I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th May, reporting the election of members of the Mangaia Island Council. I have, &c, The Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga. J. Carroll.

ERECTION OF NEW OFFICES. No. 12. Sir, — Cook Islands Administration, Wellington, 9th November, 1910. I forward for your information copy of a question addressed to me in Parliament with reference to the proposed erection of new offices, and of my reply thereto. I shall be glad if you will furnish me with further information as to the necessity for erecting new offices, and whether there is not sufficient accommodation at present for the requirements of the Administration. I have, &c, The Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga. J. Carroll.

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