USEFUL INFORMATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 44, 13 March 1878, Page 4

USEFUL INFORMATION.

HEGTSTRATIOX. Births. — The birth of every child must be registered within 62 days, including clay of birth ; after that time a child may bo registered upon making a solemn declaration of the particulars and paying a fee of ss. Marriages. — Marriages are to be solemnised 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 m the first instance give notice to the Registrar, atid pay a fee of 2s 6d ; he will then give them a certificate (the fee for which is 20s) that Ihey have complied with, the reqnireroents of the Act. If they prefer being married by the Registrar, instead of a clergyman or minister, his fee is 20s. Deaths. — The Registrar of the district must bo informed of the event within 31 days. He will then issue a certificate o£ the same without fee. Any person bnrying without a certificate isliable to a fine of £10. Registration of Electors. — -Persons .claiming to be placed upon th<e Electoral Roll must send m. their claims to the Registration Officer- of the district, between Ist January and 31st of March each year. N 5- claims can be received by the Registration Officer after he 31st March;. '\ Registration- of Title Deeds— ln all cases where parties are purchasing, or agreeing for the purchasing or leasing of land," it is important they should first search .at the Deeds Office for mort<rage'.v*br other Encumbrances which ma"y affect the property ; for each search a fee of one shilling 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, to be worn by the dog- so registered. The penalty fqr, non-registration is not less than 20s, nor more tlian £5, and is recoverable m a summary mauiier. 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 founcl at large. If any person shall falsely make or counterfeit any badge resembling the badge provided, he shall forfeit for every such offence a sum not exceeding ten ponnds ijor less than five, pouuds. ■"VACCIIfATIOW. It is made compulsory upon every parent '-to take hi? '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 vaccinated, and. on the eighth, (day following."to tajce the, child back for inspection. For. breat-h of this law a fine notexceeding 4Os may be recovered before any Bench of Magistrates. The T^ord "parent" means father, mother, oi^ other person having the care, nurture, or cuystody of the child, ( .- POSTAL. Fosfc Cards are now issued at the Post Office, and sold m plackets of six cards for 6d. The stamped side, of the qard; is for the address, onlyv On the reverse side, any. communication, whether of the . nature of a letter or otherwise, may be printed or written, . English postage sta,uips ; may be pb-. tamed by persons desirous o£ sending a stamp or stamped envelope to their relatives or friends m the United Kingdom, m order to relieve then^ oi the cost of the postage when send|?g.. replies. These"' stamps cannot be parchased m quantities, nor are they: permitted to be used for the purpose of making remittances.- --' Registration,— Tsy the prepayment of a fee of sixpence m addition to' the,full postage, any letter, newspaper, book, or Qther' packet, may be registered to any place ia thp. Colony, Australia, the United Kingdom, antL certain Foreign CjOuntries. 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 unclainicdript v three months 'alt such Post Office. ".The |d postage stamp must not be affixed to.letters' v Enalish Mail Time via S<m,Francisco, : J •' '-' -■• 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, pec. % " ' Arrive at Wellington --Jan. 19, Feb. 16, 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, April 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 7, July 5, Aug. 2/ Aug. 30, Sept. 27, ; Oct. 25, Nov. 22, Dec. 20. ' COACH GTEJIDP. Coaches leave the booking office.Man-hers-strect, Wellington, for Waikanae, Otaki, Foxton, Palmerston, Awahuri, Bulls, Marton, Turakina, and WangaHuj, on Mondays and; Thursdays,' at 6 'clock m the morning. The fare to Wangamii is 52s 6d. The coaches leave Wanganui for Wellington ou "Mondays and Thursdays, at 2 p.m. A coach leaves Foxton for Wellington every Tuesday and Friday morning. A coach loaves Palmers ton for Wanganui every Tuesday and Friday ingMISCELLANEOUS. A guarantee for payment of a, cjebt must be m writing. It is said that green gorse or whin tHI bruised- mala s very good winter fodder for a horse. Kative Game. — It is enacted that no native game shall bo hunted, shot, taken, or killed, except during the months of April, May, June, and July. The following are deemed "Nalive Game":— Wild Diick oF any species, Bittern, Pied Stilt Plover, Wild Geese, Pother 11, Tni, Native Pigeon, Teal, Bldck Stilt Plover, Curlew, Quail. •