Note 45 — Chapter IV · AGRICULTURAL TRIBES.
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In an article, quoted by Schurtz, it is stated that in the Tokelau group the land belongs exclusively to the nobles. Lister, speaking of Fakaofu or Bowditch Island (in the Tokelau group), says: “Two islets belonged … to the king. Two others were common property, and the rest were divided up as the property of individuals”45. So it seems that in this part of the group there was land which had not yet been appropriated.