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Name of village:
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Population (1945 census)—
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Total:
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Number of matai:
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Number of taulele‘a:
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Title and village of Faipule:
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Pulenu‘u:
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Number of cases heard by Land and Titles Court (1945–50):
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Number of churches:
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Number of adherents of each:
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Senior schools—
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Government:
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Mission:
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District hospital:
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Number of trading stations:
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10. |
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What is the present number of Matai?
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What is the present number of taulele‘a?
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11. |
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How many titles are there which are not held at present?
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Are any titles mentioned in the fa‘alupega not held at present?
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Are any families at present without a matai?
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12. |
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Are there any matal of the village residing elsewhere? (e) Where are they residing?
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For what reason are they residing away from the village?
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13. |
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How many taulele‘a of the village are residing away from the village?
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(e) |
For what reason are they residing away from the village?
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14. |
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How many men belonging to other villages are residing in the village?
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(e) |
For what purposes are they residing in the village?
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15. |
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Are any of the matai faifeau, traders, members of the Public Service, &c.?
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Do they take part in village affairs?
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16. |
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When do the ali‘i and faipule hold their regular meetings?
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Do they often hold additional meetings for special purposes, and, if so, for what purposes?
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Is the village divided into sections, or sub-villages?
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If so, do the sections possess separate fono and what functions do they perform?
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If there are separate fono for the village sections, what functions are performed by the fono of the whole village?
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What functions are performed by the fono of the district?
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Does the district fono meet at regular intervals or only when special circumstances arise?
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By what means does the village provide for—
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Care and development of land and plantations and control of insect pests and diseases?
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Cleanliness of the village, hygiene and sanitation?
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Control of animals?
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Provision, maintenance, and use of cemeteries, boats, roads, tracks, fences, and water-supplies?
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21. |
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Is there a village committee?
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What are its functions:
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What is its membership?
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22. |
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How does the village provide for the control of the taulele‘a and of persons not normally resident in the village?
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Who leads the taulele‘a in work that they undertake for the whole village?
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Is the leader of the taulele‘a in such work called before the fono to discuss it?
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23. |
Has the village any regulation regarding—
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The use of insulting, provocative, or offensive language?
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The imposition of a curfew?
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What method is used to raise money for district or village purposes?
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On what new subjects has the fono made regulations during the past five years?
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26. |
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What is the general procedure in regard to the making and promulgating of regulations?
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Are they generally discussed at more than one meeting before being approved?
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27. |
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What action is taken by the district when a village refuses to comply with district decisions?
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Has there been any instance in this district of a village being so penalized in recent years?
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Is payment required before the village is readmitted to district affairs?
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28. |
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What steps are taken by a village when it decides to seek exclusion from district affairs?
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Is a payment made before the village re-enters district affairs?
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29. |
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Does the village have close connections with the ali‘i and faipule of any neighbouring villages, and, if so, what villages?
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Does it co-operate with other villages in the control of any joint services, such as a water-supply or a district school?
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How does it co-operate, do all the ali‘i and faipule of the villages concerned hold a joint meeting?
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How does it co-operate with them in regard to the election of a faipule, or recommendations for fa‘amasino and pulefa‘atoaga?
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How does it co-operate with them in the organization of a reception for a High Commissioner's malaga party, or other groups of distinguished visitors?
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30. |
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Is there a women's committee in the village?
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What is its relation to the fono, when village matters concerning the women's committee come up for discussion?
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Does the women's committee possess its own fale?
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What work does the women's committee do concerning the following—
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Caring for the sick?
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Hygiene and sanitation?
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Inspection of houses?
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Public functions, such as church affairs and reception of visitors?
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33. |
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Is there a district health committee in this district?
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What connection does the village have with it?
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What work does the committee perform?
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Does any one attend the fono, apart from the ali‘i and faipule, either regularly or occasionally—
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The faifeau?
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An S.M.P.?
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A local trader?
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A teacher?
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35. |
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For what types of offences have the ali‘i and faipule imposed punishments during the past two years?
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Is there a written record kept of all judgments and of all penalties imposed?
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36. |
What procedure is adopted in considering offences, if the suspected offender is a matai of the village—
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Is he present during discussion of his alleged offence?
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Is he allowed to state his own version of the facts?
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How is the case against him presented?
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How is the amount of the penalty decided?
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What procedure is adopted in considering offences, if the suspected offender is a taule‘ale‘a of the village?
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What procedure is adopted in considering offences, if the suspected offender is a woman?
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39. |
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Do the people generally accept the penalties imposed by the ali‘i and faipule and pay the fines?
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If they do not pay them, what action is taken?
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40. |
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For what types of offence, and in what circumstances, is a family punished, rather than an individual?
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What forms of punishment have been imposed on a family during the past two years?
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What types of offences does the village consider should be punished—
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By banishment from the village?
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By exclusion from village activities?
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42. |
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How are the proceeds of fines distributed?
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Who is responsible for distributing such proceeds of fines?
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43. |
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What duties are performed by the pulenu‘u, apart from acting as a means of communication between the Government and the ali‘i and faipule?
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In what ways do the ali‘i and faipule consider the duties of the pulenu‘u might be extended?
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44. |
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How frequently does the pulefa‘atoaga visit the village?
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(e) |
What form of inspection of plantations does he carry out?
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45. |
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What cases have been tried by the Fa‘amasino Itumalo during the past five years affecting the village or any of its people?
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Are there any other circumstances in which the village has asked for the help of the Fa‘amasino Itumalo?
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46. |
Has the village sufficient land for its present needs?
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47. |
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Has the village any lands known as communal lands?
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How are they cultivated?
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48. |
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Has the village found the radio an effective means of receiving Government information?
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(e) |
Is the village radio receiver always turned on at the time notices are given out?
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Has the village ever missed any important radio announcement intended for it?
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