 It is the duty of the to take care of the family land and to apportion it for the use of members of the family in return for services rendered to them as head of the family.All outward expressions of the respect and esteem in which an may be held both by the village and the district or the whole of Samoa, may properly be directed to the .They are the trustee of the good name of the family and the fountain-head to which all ceremonial recognition of the status of the family is due.