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the service) have obtained their Student Teachers' Certificates. Fifteen Native teachers have obtained their Cook Island Teachers' Certificates, while five more have only one subject left to complete this examination. A mutual Improvement Club for Native teachers and a Cook Islands Native Teachers' Guild have been formed during the year. Instruction in the Native language is to be added to the school syllabus, and reading material is now in course of preparation. All school buildings throughout the Group have been kept in repair and minor improvements and additions have been made. At Atiu, three Native-built class-rooms have been rethatched, and screens have been provided for use in windy weather. At Aitutaki, three new class-rooms with cement walls and thatched roofs have been constructed to replace a large Native-built class-room which was destroyed by fire. IX. JUDICIAL ORGANIZATION The Cook Islands Act, 1915, prescribes the judiciary for the group. There are a Judge and a Commissioner of the High Court in Rarotonga, and these officers also hold similar positions in the Native Land Court. The Resident Agents of the outer islands are Commissioners of the High Court. High Court actions are summarized hereunder :

Native Land Court proceedings were as follows :

X. POLICE Details of police establishment as at 31st March, 1946 :

The conduct of the Force has been good, and there are no special problems. Statistics appear under the preceding heading IX, and are contained in the separate reports on outer islands in the following pages.

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— 1941-42. 1942-43. 1943-44. 1944-45. 1945-46. Civil judgments: Rarotonga 46 34 50 60 35 Divorces granted: Whole 20 10 26 15 13 Group Criminal convictions: Raro1,572 1,197 1,360 1,401 1,195 tonga

— 1941-42. 1942-43. 1943-44. 1944-45. 1945-46. Applications heard 121 153 165 124 169 Orders made 88 158 161 115 159 Applications outstanding— Rarotonga 367 389 389 401 454 Outer islands 673 685 702 738 838

— Chief Officer. Senior Sergeant. Sergeants. Constables. Total. Rarotonga 1 1 1 7 10 Aitutaki 1 6 7 Mangaia 1 5 6 Atiu 1 5 6 Mauke 1 3 4 Mitiaro 1 2 3 Manihiki .. 3 3 Rakahanga 1 2 3 Penrhyn 3 3 Pukapuka 3 3 Ten islands 1 2 6 39 48