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Eegistrars will observe that whereas by the provisions of section 13, subsection 2, the Society may receive satisfactory proof of death instead of a Eegistrar's certificate, such deceased person being ten years of age or over, prior to the payment of any sum of money; yet by section 29, subsection 2, it is enacted that "no Society or registered branch shall pay any sum on the death of a child except . . upon the production ... of a certificate of death issued by the Eegistrar of Births and Deaths ;" and by section 29, subsection 6, it is enacted that it shall be an offence—" (a.) If any Society or registered branch pays money on the death of a child under ten years of age otherwise than is provided by this Act. (b) If any parent, or personal representative of a parent, claiming money on the death of a child, produces any certificate of such death other than is herein provided to the Society or registered branch or Societies, or registered branches from which the money is claimed, or one fraudulently obtained, or in any way attempts to defeat the provisions of this Act in respect to payments upou the death of children." No money can therefore be paid by any registered Society nor by any Industrial Assurance Company on the death of a child under ten years of age, except on the production of a certificate issued by a Eegistrar of Births and Deaths. .*. m. E. E. Brown, Eegistrar-General's Office, Wellington, New Zealand, Begistrar-General. 13th March, 1878. Note.—Registrars should hear in mind that they must not, under any circumstances whatever, issue any one or more certificates of the death of a child nnder ten years of age for the payment, in the whole, of a sum of money exceeding the statutory limit, £fi or £10, as the case mny be. If any Registrar has reason to believe that any Society or Industrial Assurance Company has offended against tho provisions of section 29, he should report the case to the Registrar-General.

FORM No. 1. CERTIFICATE of the DEATH of a PERSON aged Ten Years or upwards, issued for the purposes of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877." Registration District of , in the Colony of New Zealand.

Given under my hand this day of 18 . (Signed) , Eegistrar. Attention is directed to the following requirements of the Act:— By section 13, subsection 2, it is enacted that no Society or registered branch shall pay any sum of money upon the death of a member or other person whose death is or ought to be entered in any register of deaths, except upon the production of a certificate of such death, under the hand of the Eegistrar of Births and Deaths, or other person having the care of the register in which such death is ought to be entered, or under the hand of a duly-qualified medical practitioner, or other satisfactory or proof of such death: Provided always that the foregoing provision shall not apply to deaths at sea. Form No. 1. (To be printed on back of preceding Form.) Form of Application for a Certificate of the Death of a Person aged Ten Years or upwards, for the purposes of " The Friendly Societies Act, 1877." To the Eegistrar of Births and Deaths having the custody of the register in which the death of the under-mentioned person is registered. I, the undersigned, hereby demand, for the purposes ofthe above-mentioned Act, a certificate ofthe death of the person named in the subjoined schedule, such certificate to be written in the form ou the back of this application.

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Name and Surname of the Deceased. Age. When Died. Where Died. Dated this day of ,18 (Signature.)