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Total area of the Cook and other islands about 280 square miles.

Rarotonga is 20 miles in circumference; Vatiu, or Atiu, 20 miles; Aitutaki, 21 miles ; Niue (or Savage Island), 40 miles. Laws for the Cook Islands have been made since 1890 by a general Legislature, and are administered by an Executive Council, of which the Arikis, or native chiefs, are members. At Rarotonga and Niue there are British Residents, whose approval is required for all enactments. The customs tariff of New Zealand is enforced. In 1915 an Act was passed by the New Zealand Parliament consolidating the laws relating to the Islands, and providing for the appointment of a member of the Executive Council of New Zealand as Minister of the Cook Islands. The Minister is charged with the administration of the Islands. The Act provides for the constitution of Island Councils, lower and higher Courts of Justice, and native land court, as well as for the establishment of public schools, kc. In 1919 the numbers of births, marriages, and deaths were respectively 487, 232, and 361. Education: there are 10 primary schools and one technical school in the group, with an attendance of over 1,400 scholars. Revenue, financial year 1919-20, 29,443/.; expenditure, 20 The trade for 1919 was :— Imports, 164,708/., including 112,241/. from New Zealand and 27,605/. from United Kingdom; exports 163,706/., including 89,201/. to New Zealand, 63,855/. to United States of America. Chief exports, 1919 :— Bananas. 18,330/. ; oranges, 36,030/. ; tomatoes. 9,820/. : coconuts, 1,490/. ; coffle, raw, 1 400/. ; copra, 76,264/. ; pearl-shell, 14,480/. ; hats, 3,3<37/. A wireless station has been completed at Rarotonga, and is now in use.

Kermadec Island*, 36° S., 178° 30' W., 600 miles N.N E. of New Zealand. Area 15 square miles. Now uninhabited. The largest of the group is Raoul or Sunday Island, 20 miles in circuit ; Maeanlay Island is 3 miles in circuit.

Small uninhabited islands are : The Campbell Islands, the Three Kings Islands, the Antipodes Islands, and the Bounty Islands.

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