trars.

5. The Registrar of District "A" shall Salary of Regisreceive ten pounds per annum and the Regtrars of the other Districts shall receive five pounds each per annum for the duties they are respectively to perform under this Act, and such salaries shall be paid them monthly on the warrant of the Governor-in-Executive Committee.

Registration of births.

6. Every registrar is hereby authorised. and required to inform himself carefully of every birth, occurring in his district, and to register the same as soon after the event as conveniently may be done in the proper register book entering the particulars required to be registered according to the following form.

Duty of Registrars to ascertain and register births.

7. (1) The father of every legitimate Notification of child, or the mother, if the father is dead, birth to be given to or, if both the father and mother are dead Registrar. the possessor or occupier of the house, or of the apartment or dwelling in which such child is born, or the head of the family or household or, of the persons residing or being in such house, apartment, or dwelling; and the mother of every illegitimate child, or, if the mother is dead, the possessor or occupier of the house, apartment or dwelling in which such child is born, or the head of the family or household or of the person residing or being in such house, apartment, or dwelling, shall within forty two days after the birth of any child whether the same be born alive or be stillborn, give or cause to be given notice of the birth of such child to the registrar. of the district in which such child be born, and such notice shall contain and express the following particulars; that is to say, the day of the birth of the child; the sex of the child; the name of the child if a name has been given to it; the names, abode and quality, trade, or profession of the father and mother, if the child is legitimate; and if illegitimate the name abode, and quality or occupation of the mother; and, if the child is still-born, such fact shall be stated.

Penalty for de

(2.) Every person liable to give the notice herein required to be given who shall fault. fail to give such notice shall on being convicted thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

8. If any child of a parent domiciled in this Island is born on board of any vessel at sea, the person in command of such vessel shall make a minute in the log-book

Registration of domiciled in this child of parent Island born at sea.

Registration of new born child found exposed.

Colonial Secreta

of such vessel of the several particulars required to be registered touching such birth so far as the same may be known, and shall, as soon as practicable, transmit a certified copy of such minute to the Colonial Secretary, who shall file the same in the Record Branch and shall cause a true entry thereof to be made in the register book of the district in which the parent of such

child resides.

9. If any person finds exposed any newborn child, he shall immediately thereafter give notice thereof to the registrar of the district, and, in default of so doing, he shall on being convicted thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

10. The Colonial Secretary shall, within ry to send Regis- ten days after receiving the copies of the trars, copies of the registration of baptisms required to be sent duplicate registers of births sent him to him by each religious body, denomination by ministers. sect or person authorised by law to baptise, cause copies of such copies to be made and sent to the respective registrars of births.

Registration of birth after expiration of forty two days therefrom.

11. (1.) It shall be lawful for the regis trar, at any time after the expiration of forty two days and within twelve months after the day of the birth of any child, at the instance of any person present at the birth of such child, or of any other person interested on behalf of such child, who makes solemn declaration, to the best of his knowledge and belief, of the particulars required to be known touching the birth of such child, then and there to register the birth of such child according to the particulars of such declaration.

(2.) Every person who knowingly registers or causes to be registered the birth of any

child otherwise than is herein mentioned after the expiration of forty two days after the birth of such child shall on being convicted thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Registration of

child.

12. (1.) If any child born in this Island whose birth shall have been duly registered baptismal name of shall, within six months after such registration, have any name given to it in baptism, the parent or other person procuring such name to be given may, within seven days after such baptism, procure and deliver to the registrar a certificate according to the form contained in this section, signed by the minister who shall have performed the rite of baptism; and such certificate the said minister is hereby required to deliver on demand made and on receipt of a fee of sixpence.

I,

CERTIFICATE OF BAPTISM.

do hereby certify that I have this day baptized by the name of

a [male, female] child produced to me

by

and of

as the [son, daughter] of

and declared by the said

to have been born at

registration district on the

in the