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said twenty-one days is liable to a fine not exceeding two pounds for every day he so remains in occupation. 5. Where a building or any part thereof is required under this Ordinance to be pulled down, it shall not be removed for the purpose of being re-erected as a dwellinghouse, shop, or factory, or as a dairy or place where any article of food for human consumption is kept, nor shall any part of the materials of which such building or part thereof was composed be used without the consent of the Chief Medical and Health Officer or Assistant Medical and Health Officer in the construction of any building used for any such purpose. Passed this thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred and eleven. S. Savage, Approved. Clerk to Council. J. Eman Smith, Resident Commissioner. Assented to in the name and on behalf of His Majesty. 25th October, 1911. Islington, Governor.

Federal Ordinance No. 33.—An Ordinance to provide for the Issue of Shipmasters' Certificates. Be it enacted by the Federal Council of the Cook Islands as follows ;■ — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance is the Shipmasters' Certificate Ordinance, 1911. 2. Upon its being proved to the satisfaction of the Besident Commissioner that any person, other than a Polynesian Native, had, prior to the month of June, nineteen hundred and one, been in command or charge of any vessel voyaging in the Cook Islands by virtue of a,ny certificate granted by any official of the Cook Islands Federation, and upon further proof that any such certificate was granted after examination of such person by not less than two qualified master mariners, it shall be lawful for the Eesident Commissioner to grant to such person a master's certificate, which certificate shall entitle such person to take command or charge of any vessel voyaging within the limits of the Cook Islands. 3. All such certificates shall be made in duplicate, one part to be delivered to the person entitled to the certificate and one part to be preserved in the office of the Collector of Customs at •Earo tonga. 4. It shall be lawful for the Eesident Commissioner, upon due cause being shown, to suspend or cancel any certificate granted by virtue of this Ordinance. Passed this thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred and eleven. S. Savage, Approved. Clerk to Council. J. Eman Smith, Eesident Commissioner. Assented to in the name and on behalf of His Majesty. 25th October, 1911. Islington, Governor.

Federal Ordinance No. 34.—An Ordinance to provide for the Management of the Cook Islands Hospital. Be it enacted by the Federal Council of the Cook Islands as follows : — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance is the Cook Islands Hospital Ordinance, 1911. 2. The Cook Islands Hospital at Earotonga and any branch thereof at any other of the Cook Islands shall be under the medical control and charge of the Chief Medical and Health Officer of the Cook Islands. Any Assistant Medical and Health Officer appointed to the said hospital or any branch thereof shall act in conformity with the instructions of the Chief Medical and Health Officer. 3. No person shall be placed in medical charge of the said hospital or any branch thereof unless the name of such person shall have been first placed in the Medical Register of New Zealand. 4. The Chief Medical and Health Officer shall from time to time requisition the Eesident Commissioner for all supplies required for the said hospital or any branch thereof. 5. The Chief Medical and Health Officer shaft be responsible for all medicines, drugs, instruments, furniture, fittings, and other property contained in or supplied to the said hospital or any branch thereof, and when required by the Eesident Commissioner shall furnish in writing a full inventory of same. 6. The Chief Medical and Health Officer shall have full control of all persons appointed to employment in the said hospital or any branch thereof, and shall be responsible for their efficiency. Every appointment to employment shall be subject to the approval of the Eesident Commissioner. 7. All Natives of the Cook Islands and all persons resident in the Cook Islands for a period of not less than six months shall be entitled to medical and surgical relief at the said hospital or any branch thereof, and also to the services of the Medical Officer or Assistant Medical Officer free of charge. All other persons shall be entitled to such medical and surgical relief and to the services of the Medical Officer or Assistant Medical Officer upon payment of such fees as may be fixed by regulations to be made under section 8 hereof: Provided that the Eesident Commissioner may, under the special circumstances of any particular case, direct that no fees shall be payable either for medical or surgical relief or for the services of the Medical Officer or Assistant Medical Officer in respect of any such case.