USEFUL INFORMATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 6 March 1878, Page 4

USEFUL INFORMATION.

.-•'■: - UEGISTHATIOX.' Births. —The birth of eveiy child must be registered within 62 days, ih.cluding day of birth ; after that time a child iinay bo registered upon making a . solemn declaraliba of the particulars and paying a fee of ss. . " r :; Marriages.^^ -^-Marriages " r 'afe"" r to be. solemnised with, open doors, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.; m the presence of twp or more- witnesses.-. Persons desirous of being married must m the first instance give notice to the Registrar, and paya ; feJß "of 2s 6d; he will tHen give them a certificate (the fee for which, is 20s) that- they 'have ■ complied with, the requirements of the Act. If they prefer being married by the. Registrar,-.in-stead, of a clergyman or minister, Ms fee is 20s; . :.. Deatfis,— The. Registrar p,f tlie district mixst be informed of the ' eyent within 3l days. He" will then issue a certificate of th.c ' same without fee! Any person jurying without a certificate is liable tQ "a fine" o£ £lor : ■ : - Registration " of Siectors.^-'Ber.sons claiming to be. placed upon the Electoral >;3Joll ; must: send m their, claims to t]ie Registration Officer of the. district, between Ist January and 31st of M^rcli _■» eacli .year, NO; claims can be re-' "ceived'ljy'tne ; Registration^ Onlcer after ;ne, 31st March. ■, ; ■':; - Meffisira&ion of-Tible, Deeds. — In all cases* where parties are purchasing, or agreeing for the purchasing or leasing : of land; it isimptfrtant th;ey. should first >' sbsifcH Deeds' GBce.fpr" mortgages, or Jother incumbrances -which yn&y afEect the property ; for each search a fee of one shilling is charged. ' ißegistiakiok, : of Bpgsi— AM dogs si^: months old or upwards, a,re required to' t>e registered ' during the month of .January \\i each year, 'Registration fee, ss.' The owner ha.s to provide a collar, with the owner's name thereon, i.6 be " worrit by .the/ dog. so; -registered., penalty for nqn-registration is not j^ess thah ; 2ios, -^6v. more than £5, - and is recoverable m a summary niauiier. Any j dog or dogs not liaving att^che/i toa ■•'- collar- tlie' b r ac(g'e -for -ihe "current year shall be deemed unregistered, i^nd may be destroyed if found at large. If any person slmll falsely make or counterfeit any badge resembling the badge prp-> vi&edy-'ne- shall forfeit for every such' bffence a sum hot exceeding ten ppnnds ibr less ihanfive pouudsV • : : ' '" vaccination;. It is made compulsory upon every .? parent, to t^tke* his' child* within six I months of its birth, to the /Medicdl pffiqer"" appointed, b^ the 'Grpvernment for tlie district, • oi\ ! to some qjialan^d Medical Practitioner, to have the child Vaccinated, and on the eighth day.' fol--; lowing to take the' child back again fpr ■ inspection: ' For breach, df this; law. a fine not' exceeding 40s mlajv b.e recovered Isefpre auy. Benbh of Magistrates.' 'The -Word ."parent." means father, mother, ' -or! other person liavjng tile care, nurJfur6,6r^cu^tod^pj|tlis i. chUd^ ' ' ; r : ° ' '-. '"' : . ; :■ ' ; ?OSTXL,', > ''.' ■ \ . ■ : Post. Ca,rils are npw ( issued at the Office^ "and sd^d in"packe ! ts pf. sis dards 'fpi*'6d. : ' 'Ta.e' % stamped. ' Side;pf ■ the' 'card'is 'fbr tlie* address 'only; ','' On the reverse sidei any communication j whether of the fiatu.re of a; letter or otherwise,' may be -printed or written. English" postage stamps 'may. 'be obtained by -persons desiroiis of sending a stamp' or • stamped envelope to their '■ relatives or ; friends m the United Jling- ; dom, m; order io relieve them, of' the -cost of the postage. .when, pending re'r.' 'plies. ""' THeso ! stamps "cannot Ib'e purchased m quantities, nor : are they per-: mittecL. to be. used for the purpose of maMng fenjitta)ac6;s,. ' l ' "• "' ' .Registration.— JSj'ihe prepayment of a fee of sixpence m addition to the fullf postage, any letter, newspaper, book, or other' packet,' may; h,e registered to any place' m the Oolony, Australia,' ihe tTnited Kingdom, and certain Foreign countries."^ Unclaimed?. Betters:. — • On the first day.oif eacia month, a list, is exhibited: at ea'ck Post Office in' the Colony of the addresses .of Vail letters received from places "beyoni 1 thfe" Colony tha.t' have remained unclaimed, &r three' mouthy at such -Post Ofijce.' '" '.'. '„ . ' " ■ " The |d". postage stamp mu;st' not besffixed, to ietters. '','■ "•; ~ : .-. : '~. '..'". '. JEnqlish. Mail. Time, via San Francisco', Leave "Wellington— Jan. % Feb: 2;March- '^ Inarch 30^1 April 27, May 2o; j:une 22; . #uly 20, Aug. ' 17,' /Sept, 14; i .. 6c£ l^No-v.^, Dec., 7^ ■:. : : -• :?; x * I .' , ' Arrive at 'Wellington— Jan,- 19, Febi 16, March 16, April 13, 'May ' 11, June g,July 6. A^g.'^, Aug. 31, Sept. 28,. Oct. 26, Npy.;23, 3^ec. 2\. ' ; ! ;^ -■■ ;■' ■.'..._. Via Suez, \&'I&; 1 ! ■ ' ; Leave Wellingtons Jkii.'l3i Feb.' lo, Marcli" 10, April. s, : "l\fay % May.' 31, June "28; July 1 26, Aug..' 23, ;Sept. 22, Oct. 20,-j5:0v. 0.7, Dec. 15. '' -' ' " Arrive" at Wellington— Jan. 18, Feb. 5 35,- Marchls, ApVil 12, 'May ! 10, Jjme '* l\ July : 5; Aug. 2; Aug/ 30; Sept. 27, ' 9ct. 25, Ifov. 22, Dec. 20." - . ■■ : ./ - coach, ©yiM. -; ■ Coachesleave'tliebbolnng office, Man-■■■lDers'-stre'e^:^ellingt6nv';fby';Waikanae, : Otaki, 'Fbiton, ; : Palmerstbn, Awaliiin, iulls, Mstrtonl "Turakina, and ; Wangaj vi, oii Mondays arid; Thursdays,' at 6 'clock m, the" tnorning. " The' fare to Wangah'4i 'Is, 525 " 6a." The 'coaches, If aS^e l5 ¥pr Weilin^tpii' on Mondays; and' Thursdays, at 2 p.m.' 1 A coach ieaves Foxton^fpr Wellington ■ every .Tuesday and^nday^ morning. '"' A coach leaves Palmerston wr Wanganui every Tuesday and Friday mom- . : ing. '■[:':■■' ■■ ■■■'■' •■ ■;-•■■■ '■-■••• ■"■"" '" : .. • . •■■ / .r Jf ISCEXLANEOtJS. .' - • '< 'A guarantee for^ payment of v a debt ; must be m writing. - . , : "-■■ 'it is said that green gorse or whin Will bruised makes very gopd winter & Jder fp^ a horse: ' - . Native Cr.ame. — It 'is enacted, that no jia)iye game sliall.bs hunted^ shot, {aiien, ;6v .'killed,' except : : dunng the nimths of :Apnl, May.'.Jyne, and July. Thft jQUowing are ' deemed '".'.Native. ' "Granie^;— Wild Duck of lany species, lJ[i,tern, \Pied Stilb .Plpver, Wild, Geese, ".tjbiterell,' 'Tui,; Native Pigeon, 'Teal, Slack Still Plover, Curlew, Quail. ■ j