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magistrate, by way of proof that the penalty 
has been paid. 
If a FOWL is found destroying the yams or 
potatoes, the owner of the plantation, after 
giving due warning, may shoot the fowl, and 
retain it for his use, and may demand of the 
owner of such fowl tli3 amount of powder and 
shot so expended, as well as the fowl. The 
fowls are all toe-marked. 
Goats and other quadrupeds are ear-marked. 
If a pig gets loose from its sty, and commits 
any depredation, the owner is obliged to make 
good the damage, according to the decision 
of the magistrate, whose duty it is to survey 
the injury alleged to be done, and from whose 
decision a reference, if necessary, may be made 
to a jury; but the final appeal is to the cap- 
tain of the next man-of-war touching at the 
island. 
A Bank was set on foot a few years since 
at Pitcairn. The dollars, which were not very 
numerous, were allowed to accumulate for a 
time, partly with the object of purchasing a 
vessel. But the plan did not answer, and the 
several deposits were returned to their owners. 
The islanders have, however, found means to 
contribute from their humble resources to the 
funds of the Society for the Propagation of the 
Gospel. In each of the years 1854, 1855, and 
1856, they have subscribed according to their 
ability; their last annual benefaction ^having 
been upwards of forty dollars. 
The Register of Pitcairn's Island, from 
1790 to 1854, is a very interesting document, 
