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5. All dirt, rubbish., refuse, or other matter of a similar nature shall be burnt or buried. No person shall place or throw any dirt, rubbish, refuse, or other matter of a similar nature in or upon the land between the main road and the sea in the Island of Earotonga, or into any harbour or lagoon. Any person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding two pounds, or in default one month's hard labour. 6. No person shall erect any water-closet or urinal without proper provision being made for drainage and for the sewage being dealt with by properly constructed septic tanks. Such watercloset or urinal shall be inspected by the Chief Medical and Health Officer, or other officer appointed under this Ordinance. No person shall use such water-closet or urinal until the same has been approved of in writing by the Chief Medical and Health Officer. Any person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds. 7. No person shall import, sell, or expose or offer for sale any food which in the opinion of the Chief Medical and Health Officer is unsound or unfit for human consumption, or which is adulterated in such a manner as to be injurious to health. Any person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds. For the purposes of this section every person shall be deemed to import or sell any food, or to expose or offer the same for sale, who imports or sells, or exposes or offers for sale, the same either on his own account or as the agent or servant of any other person; and in the case of any sale by an agent or servant his principal or employer shall be under the same liability as if he had effected the sale personally. 8. For the purposes of this Ordinance the Chief Medical and Health Officer, or any officer appointed under this Ordinance, may at any time, with or without assistants, enter on lands and buildings and inspect and examine the same and all things thereon and therein. Any person obstructing or hindering the Chief Medical and Health Officer, or any officer appointed under this Ordinance, commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds, or in default three months' hard labour. 9. The Resident Commissioner may from time to time appoint any inspector or other officer under this Ordinance, and may define their functions and duties. Any inspector or other officer so appointed shall be under the direction of the Chief Medical and Health Officer. 10. This Ordinance shall apply to the Island of Rarotonga, but it may be made to apply to any other one or more of the Cook Islands by notice in the Cook Islands Gazette signed by the Resident Commissioner. In the event of this Ordinance being made applicable to any other island, the powers given to the Resident Commissioner, other than the powers conferred by section 9, shall be deemed to be vested in the European Resident Agent at such island, subject to such directions and limitations as may be given or imposed by the Resident Commissioner. Passed this 22nd day of October, 1910. S. Savage, Clerk to Council. J. Fjman Smith, Resident Commissioner. Assented to in the name and on behalf of His Majesty. 20th January, 1911. Islington, Governor.

No. 15a. Sir, — Cook Islands Administration, Wellington, 7th November, 1910. Referring to previous correspondence, I have the honour to return to you Ordinance of the Penrhyn Island Council, the Morokai Regulation Ordinance, 1910, No. 1, duly assented to by His Excellency the Governor. I have, &c, J. Carroll. The Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga.

Enclosure. Penrhyn Island Local Ordinance No. 1. —An Ordinance Concerning the Leper Island of Morokai. Whereas people are in the habit of visiting the Leper Island of Morokai for the purpose of conveying food to their relations, and staying on the island longer than is necessary, and it is essential for the safety of the people in the settlement to curtail their visits and set aside certain days for visiting the island, so as to have as little communication with the lepers as possible : Be it theretore enacted by the Penrhyn Island Council as follows: — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance shall be " The Morokai Regulation Ordinance, 1910.'" 2. The days set apart for visiting the Island of Morokai are Wednesday and Saturday in each week. 3. Any person wishing to visit the island of Morokai for the purpose of taking food or clothes to his relations there shall first obtain written permission from the Resident Agent. 4. Any person going on any part of the Island of Morokai, whether on the reef or on the mainland, without the written permission of the Resident Agent shall be liable on conviction to a fine"not exceeding ten pounds, or in default three months' hard labour.