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bag or box, from which, before a Councillor and 
the parties accusing and accused, or before the 
parties litigating, he is to cause the necessary 
number of names for forming the jury to be 
drawn. Should any be objected to by the par- 
ties, the reasonableness of such objections is to 
be decided by the Magistrate and Councillors, 
and if approved, other names are to be drawn 
to complete the number. 
" In all cases where the public good is con- 
cerned, and the assistance of persons required 
by the Magistrate, his summons is to be imme- 
diately obeyed, under penalty of fine to the 
amount awarded by the Magistrate and council 
or jury of elders referred to. 
" A person refusing to serve on a jury with- 
out any reasonable objection, shall likewise be 
fined in the manner specified above. 
" The Magistrate, according to his oath, must 
keep a register of such proceedings as may 
involve any question where life or property is 
concerned, or that may be necessary to refer to 
her Majesty's officers visiting Pitcairn's.' 
" The adoption of the foregoing will, I trust, 
ensure the happy continuance of your present 
unity, and give weight to the experience of age. 
" You have nearly all conversed with me on 
the late famine, and the prospect of a removal 
before your numbers exceed the ability of the 
soil to support you. The . scarcity has shown 
how soon and unexpectedly the necessity may 
arise ; it is for yourselves to consider this serious 
question whether, bee-like, you would swarm 
away, or one and all prefer searching for more 
