USEFUL INFORMATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 41, 2 March 1878, Page 4

USEFUL INFORMATION.

■ 3REGISTHA.TION. JB irths.— The birth of every child muit be registered within 62 days, incluling day of birth ; after that time a child may be registered upon making a solemn declaration of the particulars and paying a fee oE ss. .M. images. — Marriages arc to be sobmnisecl with open doors, between 8 a.m. and <kp.in., m the presence of two or more witnesses. Persons desirous of being married must m the first instance %ire notice to the Registrar, and pay a fee \oiL2s Gel ; lie will then give them a certificate (the foe for which is 20s) that they have complied with the requirements of the Act. If they prefer being married by tho Registrar-;.: instead of a clergyman or ininister, his fee is 20s. Deaths.^— The -Registrar of the distiiet must be informed of- the event within 31 days. He will then issue a certificate of the ' same without fee. , Any person burying without a certificate is liable to a fine of £10. Registration of Electors.— Vcrsons claiming to Replaced upon the Electoral Roll miist-ssend m their claims to the Registration Officer of the district, between Ist January ami 31st of March m each year. No claims can be received by the Registration Officer after the 31sfc March. ' Registration of Title Deeds.— ln all cases where parties are purchasing, or agreeing for the purchasing or leasing of laJicCit is important they should first search at the Deeds Ofijce for mortgages, or other inciimbrances which Hiay affect the property ; for each search a fee of one^siiilling is charged. Registration of Dogs.— All dogs six months old or upwards, are required to Be registered during the month of January m each year. Registration fee, ss. The owner has to provide a collar, with the owner's name thereon, lo bo worn by the dog so registered. The penalty for non-registration is not less than 20s, nor more than £5, and is recoverable m a summary manner. Any dog or dogs not having- attached to a collar the badge for the current year shall be deemed unregistered^ and may be destroyed if found at large. If any person shall falsely make or counterfeit any badge 'resembjing the badge provided, he shall forfeit for every such offence a sum not exceeding ten ponnds iior }ess than five pounds. VACCINATION. It is made compulsory upon every parent to take his child, within six months of its birth, to the Medical Officer appointed by the Government for the district, or 'to some qualified Medical Practitioner, to have the 'child Yacciriated, and on the eighth day following to take the child back again for inspection. For breach of this law a fine not exceeding 40s may be recovered before any" Bench of Magistrates.' The word '" parent " means father, mother, or other person having the care, nurture, or custody of the child, POSTAL. Post Gards are now issued at the Post Of&eef'and sold m packets of six cards for 6d., The stamped side of the card is for the address only. ' On the reverse side, any communication, •whether of the nature of a letter or otherwise, may be, printed or written. English postage stamps ' may be obtained by persons desirous of sending a stamp or' stamped envelope to their relatives <>r friends m the United Kingdom, m order to relievo them of the cost of tho postage when sending replies. These stamps cannot be purchased m quantities, nor are they permitted to be used for the purpose- of making remittances. Registration.— Hy the prepayment of a fee of sixpence m addition to the full postage, any, letter, newspaper, book, or other packet, maybe registered to any place m the Cohony, Australia, the United Kingdom, and certain Foreign countries. - Unclaimed Letters. — On the first day of each month a list is exhibited at each Post Office m the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places beyond the Colony that have remained unclaimed for three months at such, Ifrst Office. The |d postage 'stamp must not be affixed to letters. JEnqlish Mail Tims via San Francisco, - ' ' . " 1878' ; Leave Wellington— Jan. 5, Feb. 2,March 2, March 30, April 27, May 25, June 22, July 20, 'Aug. 17, Sept. 14-, Oct. 12, Nov. 9, Dec. 7. Arrive at Wellington— Jan. 19, Feb. 3,6, March 16, April, 13, May 11, June 8, July 6, Aug. 3, 'Aug. 31, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 23, Dec. 21. Via Suez, 1878. Leave Wellington— Jan. 13, Feb. 10, March 10, Aprif '5, May 3, May 31, June 28, July 26, Aug. 23, Sept. 22.. Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Dec. 15. Arrive at Wellington — Jan. 18, Feb. 15, March 15, April 12, May 10, June ?', July 5, Aug. 2, Aug. 30, Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 22, Dec. 20. ' COACH GUIDE. Coaches leave the booking office. Man-ners-street, Wellington, for Waikanae, Otaki; Foxton, Palmerston, Awaliuri, Bulls, Marton, Turakina, and-Wanga-nui, on Mondays and Thursdays, al 6 o'clock m the morning. The fare to Wanganui is 52s 6d. The coaches leave Wanganui for Wellington on Mondays and Thursdays, at 2 p.m." A coach leaves Foxton for Wellington every Tuesday and Friday morning. A coach leaves Palmerston for Wanganui every Tuesday and Friday morning, MISCELLANEOUS. A guarantee for payment of a debt must be m writing. It is said that green gorse or whin well bruised makes very good winter i fodder for a horse. ] Native Game. — It is enacted that no native game shall be hunted, shot, taken, or killed, except during the months of April, May. June, smd July. The following are deemed *' .Native Game": — Wild Duck of any species, Bittern, Pied Stilt Plover. Wild '.;.—<% Dottcreil. Tui, \a'r.v SN_- "ii 'J'-il, Black, fcitilt Pi *, > i\>' i.