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and to make in every instance an equal provision -
deposit of records, the bulk of which will vary almost in Pre"
portion to the amount of population which each union en?'
braces. 1 therefore deem it preferable that, after certa.tin
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requisite qualities have been stated, the guardians' 'l'.e
hug themselves of their local knowledge, shall, after d"
consideration, fully explain to me in what manner they Pro'
pose to give effect to the intentions of the Legislature la
providing a register office.
I will now state generally the ob;cot and uses of a register
office, and certain essential qualities which, in
such offices, should he carefully secured. 11 be
let. It was necessary that the register office should
within the union ; and it is desirable that it should be
placed as to be most accessible to the majority of Persons
resident therein.
It must he well calculated to keep the register books
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It must preserve them froM being injured by damp.
It must be capable of being securely closed.
It must be capable of containing the following- books, Rol.;
ranged ranged on shelves, or in such manner as that any one l
them may be accessible for the purpose of reference, in case
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any person shall require to search the indexes, and to have
a certified copy of any entry, viz. : the
1. A register book of births from each registrar in
union.
2. A register book of deaths from the same.
3. A register book of marriages—from the rector, N'lcar'
or curate of every church or chapel wherein marriages may
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lawfully be solemnized—from every registering officer of the
Society of Friends—from every secretary of a Jewish Syna-
gogue—and also from every registrar of marriages, being(3!
likewise all before-mentioned) within the union, or parish, or
place over which the supervision of the superintendent re-
gistrar extends.
4. An index of all such registrar books.
The bulk and number of these records will depefld
some degree, upon the number of registrars' districts into
which the union may be divided, but chiefly upon the P°'
pulation of the whole ; and I may state, as some criterion
to assist the guardians in their calculations, that the onnre
her of entries of births, deaths, and marriages, in a sing a
year, for every 1,000 of the population, may be expects
to be as follows :—Of births, from 07 to 30 ; of deaths'
from 19 to 21 ; of marriages, from 7 to 9.
It is, moreover, advisable, in order that the guardian/
may not soon be compelled to enlarge, alter, or remove
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register office, that they should make provision in the first
instance for depositing and keeping the accumulated regist'
books of many years.
The register office should also be provided with the
means of keeping locked up the duplicate keys of registera
boxes, a large supply of certified copies of entries, and
such other books and papers as it may be necessary should
remain for a time in the custody of the superintendent
registrar.

I must also request you to call the attention of the glibo
dians to the 21st section of the recent Act for marricigeg 10
England, wherein you will observe that the register ole
must be a place where persons may " contract and sole
nize marriage" " in the presence of the superintendent re,
gistrar and some registrar of the district, and in the Pre,
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senee of two witnesses with open doors," and between the
hours of " eight and twelve in the forenoon."
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I must also call attention to the 36th section of the
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for registering births, deaths, and marriages in Englail.
from the provision whereof it appears that the register
office must be a place where every person shall be entitled'
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at all reasonable, hours, to search the indexes of the ITV .0r
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books, and to have a certified copy of any entry therel
under the hand of the superintendent registrar on paYffieei
of certain fees.
From this and other circumstances, it results that
register office should also be a place where the suPeriff
tendent registrar may be found during some part of eve '
week-day.
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Having thus requested you to lay before the gas.- ter
the foregoing statement of the objects and uses of a regilog
office, and of certain essential qualities which, in VII" lot•
such office, should be carefully secured, I will not new
tempt by any further direction or more precise rule to ob,
trol the exercise of that discretion and judgment by.whicia
I trust, the guardians, availing themselves of their to be
knowledge, will be enabled to propose such plans as maY,
entitled to approval, and will most effectually fulfil the In,
tentions of the Legislature.
It is therefore my request that the guardians, at as earli
a period as they conveniently can, consistently with I°4
consideration and inquiry, will transmit to me •a. deta
statement of all such particulars respecting their propnlo
provision of a register office as may enable me fullYeber
understand their plan, and to inform them in reply whe'tbe
such plan can be approved. I may here observe that
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guardians will much abridge the labcear of subsequent 00
respondence by rendering their statement as complete
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possible ; and that it is particularly desirable that t of
should state, among other circumstances, the position
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the proposed register office, in relation to the most lb°
bus parts of the union, parish, or place, in which it
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situated. It is also desirable that the statement should
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accompanied by a ground-plan of the proposed reglsteiol
office. It is also my request that the letter or rne°l°"rre.
by which such statement may be conveyed to me may
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late solely to that subject, and that it may be sent ~.
to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marri"'
London.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. H. LISTER, Registrar-General.
To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians.

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