USEFUL INFORMATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 38, 20 February 1878, Page 4

USEFUL INFORMATION.

; BEGISTBATIOIfI ;• • Births. — The birth of every child must be registered within 62 ; days, inclurling day of birth ; after that time a child may bq registered upon making a solemn declaration d£ the particulars and paying a fee of ss. / VMarriages. — Marriages are "to be solamnised with open doors, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., m the presence of two. or more; witnesses. . Persons desirous of being married must in 'the first instance givenotice to the. Eegistrar, a.nd pay a fee o£ 2s 6d ; he will then give them a certificate (the. fee iaf which is 20s) that they have complied with the. requirements o£ -the Act. : Itthey pre?. fer being married, by.. the Registrar, in r stead of a clergyman, or ifliwster^ M§ ,feeis2os.'-'j :: ;■:'::' ';'. 1 ' !7; ;;' ". v '\. : ; Peatfis.— The Registrar : ofiifljfe district milst be r informed of i th r c' : 'event 1 within 31 days. He will theii issue a certificate, of the sa.me without fee. Any person burying Trithbvit a' cef tifidate is liable to a fin© of . Registration qf * Electors. — Persons ■' claiming to be placed upon the Elecvtoral Roll must iend m their; claims to the Registration Officer of the district, be t tween Ist January and 31st of March: m each year. No claims can be received by the Registration O^iier ■ .'after/.^ ihe 3^t,March. ; : • ; • v , -^ - Registration ., of Title DeMs!—pin&YL-. cases where parties are purchasing, or; agreeing fertile purchasitig. or leasing of land, it is important they should first search jit;the Deeds. Office^ for mort- r gagesj," or other incumbrances which mayaffiect the pnoperiy ; fctr. each sea.rch : a fee o.f bie shiliing is charged. Registration of 'JJog&— -All dog-s three months old or Upwards, are required to b.e registered; ; duHng the. month of ifautiar £ m each. j.em.- , Registration: fee, 58," The owner has to. provide acollar, with the owners name' thereon, to be \vorh ? by the dogf so registered. The penalty lor non-registration, is not less, than 20s, nor. more than £5, and is • recoYerable ,ip. a^ summary^^ manner. v Any dog or dog's nbt having attache.d to a collar the badge for. the current year shall be dee^e'dujiregistered, and may "be destroyed if found at large. ,if any ; person ! ;slmiL fals'e^y m'a^e''6r--cbfi^t"erfeit:i any badge resembfing. the badge pro- . vided, he^shall forfeit, for every, such offence^a sjyn not e^xceedingj ten .ponnds jaor lessth^n 'fly^pouiials. 1 * "'" "' : , . ..„ ;i ' % f xi vi V3M6 ' ' upon everySarent to take his chijdj "within, sis itmite of.': its; birth^ t§> the'! Medical Officer appointedrby the Gcovernment for-i the; diSjtripfc'pr : to; some, qualified Medical. Practitioner,^ lo haye the ; qhild yaccma.ted, ahd^q^, the eighth day follbwina^to .tkk^Jbhe child hack again for inspection. :~*©or breach' 'of this law a 1 fine, not exceeding be recovered any Betich of- Ma^jstrates. - She word "par^ntf'' -means father, mother, or other person haying the care, nur-.. ture, or custody of the child^ JPost Gards are now.; issued vat :the Post-PfficQj anii.sold, m, packets of j six cards^for 6di J ■'"' Tne/s'tamped" side. of. the "card /is ;fbr 'the- Kddres.s ; only,] On the reverse, \ side, any^ ,c.bnMnunjJba,tion, whether "of me' nature; of a letter or. otherwi-se; maybe ;prii\ted or written. English postage stamps, may be obtained by- persons clesiroiis o£ sending a stamp /Or;, stamped; envelope, to, ■'* ■■relatives "'bß friends ;n the TTnitecl ßring-, dom, m order to relieve Ihfim^ of the cost of the postage when sending repljfe's; f (These; :^tamps papnot be, purchased'^^ m" q,iantitie's, n3r :/ are they permitted to be used for.' "the. purpose of making reniittances. . „.. . .'. •f * '*■ JSegistfation.— By the prepayment of a, fee of sixpence m addition, to the full postage,, any fetter, ne\Tspa.ppr, book, or Other packet, mayb e registered to, any 1. place ;in . the/ pplony^^AuSjtralia,; the XT nited ilingdbm, and' certain Foreign j Count Vies. .-■•■.■-■- . Unclaimed- betters. —On , the first day of each month a ljst is exhibited at each Post Office m the Colony of the addresses df all letters received from places beyond the Colony that have remained unclaimed for three mpnths at such Post Office. t' y • The \d. postage sjamp must'-not be affixed to letters. JUnalish Mail Time via San, Francisco, ' y . 'ispl <\; ' Leave , WtjlHngtoi^— Jan. 5,* Feb. 2, March 2, March 30, April 27, May 25, June 22, July 20, Aug. 17, Sept. 14, 0ct.12, K"ov. 9, Dec. 7. * Arrive at Welhngton,—J^i). 19, Feb. 16, March 16, April 13, May. 11, June 8, July 6, Aug. 3, Aug. 31, Sept. 28, 9^.26,^0x23^00,21./" ' ' Via SueZi 1878> Leave Wellington— Jan. 13y Feb. 10, MarclV 10, April 5, May 3, May 31, . June ,2&- July 26, Apg. 23, Sept. 22, Oct. 20; Nov. 17, Dec. 15. *\ Arrive at Wellington — Jap* 18, Feb. \5, March 15i, April 12, May 10, June 7, July '5, AugV % Aug. 30, Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 22, Dec. 20. - X • ' 9OACS, GWDE. Coaches leave the booking office. Man-ners-street, Wellington, for Waikanae, Otaki, .Foxtoji,,' Palmerston ; p Awahuri, Bulls, Martoni 'Turakina/ajnd WangaDvf f on 'Mondays and t Thurs'clays, at 6 ', .o'clock m the r morning. ' The,' fare to, , Wariganuij ( 525, 6xl. The conches leave \ Wanganui" for Wellington on 'Mondays arid Thursdays, at "^ p.m/ ! A cqa,ch leayes Foxton for Weljingfy#i ' 9very Tuesday a.nd Friday, morning. ' ' A c6ach leaves Palmerston for Wanganvi e^dry Tuesday and Friday morn»s*.\ ; ' ' \',. * - ' •' ! 5 A jjuprante'e for' payment of a. debt must be m wiiting. ' „, ,It is said that green gorse or w^hin well bruised makes very good winter fodder for a hors,e. r^ r . ' / Nativb Qajn^.—TX is enacted that no' -^tative ga.me shall, tbe^ /hu,nted, shot, taken, or" iilled, except dunng the months of April, May,. June, and July. The fpllo\tiJW are itemed " Native Game 'l— Wild l)uek of'^ny species, Bitteyn, Pied Stilt Plover-, WjlcL <?eese, Dotfcerell, Tui, Native Pigeon, Teal, Iglack Stilt Plover, Curlew, Quail.