Fiji Native Affairs
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Ordinance Now Law
rE Fijian Native Affairs Ordinance (1944) wich was passed by Legisla tive Assembly and received the Gov ernor’s assent on March 3, 1944, was gazetted on January 2, 1945. It will take effect from January 1, 1945.
This Ordinance takes the place of the Native Affairs Ordinance 1876 and the Regulations made thereunder, and pro vides for the constitution of the Fijian Affairs Board. The purpose of the Ordinance is to give the Fijian Affairs Board more power than existed under the old Regulations for the conduct of matters affecting the Fijian people.
The old office of Adviser op Native Affairs is now styled Secretary for Fijian Affairs, and the office is held by the Hon.
Ratu J. L. V. Sukuna, MLC.
Rev. E. L. and Mrs. Sykes, of the Pres byterian Mission, have returned from the New Hebrides for a short furlough, and are in Victoria with their three children It is expected that they will return to their station at the end of March.