JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2211

Regulations relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in the Cook Islands.

L I V E R P O O L , G o v e r n o r .

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of June, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Cook Islands Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations with respect to the registration of births and deaths in the Cook Islands; and doth hereby declare that the said regulations shall come into force on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

REGULATIONS.

1. The Governor or any Resident Commissioner, acting under authority delegated to him pursuant to section 15 of the said Act, may from time to time appoint such persons as he thinks fit to act as Registrars of Births and Deaths at such places as he may from time to time determine.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.

2. (1.) Within one month after the date of the birth of any child born on or after the 1st day of July, 1916, the following particulars shall be furnished to a Registrar appointed under the preceding regulation :—
   (a.) The date and place of birth.
   (b.) The Christian or first name and the sex of the child.
   (c.) The names of the father and mother respectively, and their place of residence.
   (d.) Description of the father and mother (if Natives, state whether of full blood, or quarter, half, or three-quarter caste).
   (e.) Name and description of informant.
   (2.) The persons hereinafter specified shall be deemed responsible for duly furnishing to the Registrar the particulars before referred to in respect of the birth of any child :—
   (a.) The father and mother of the child.
   (b.) Every occupier of the house or building in which the child was born.
   (c.) Any person present at the birth of the child.
   (3.) Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding subclause, if any of the persons therein enumerated duly furnishes the required information, the others of those persons shall thereupon be released from the obligation to furnish such information.

3. (1.) On receipt of the particulars of the birth of any child as aforesaid the Registrar shall enter the same in the Register of Births, and on a duplicate sheet to be supplied for the purpose by the Resident Commissioner.
   (2.) On receipt of any particulars of the birth of any child which the Registrar deems sufficient the Registrar may enter the same in the Register of Births and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid, notwithstanding that the full particulars required by these regulations have not been furnished.

4. Any parent or guardian or other person may, within a period of two years after the coming into operation of these regulations, furnish to the Registrar, with respect to any child born in the Cook Islands since the 31st day of December, 1899, and before the coming into operation of these regulations, the particulars prescribed by subclause (1) of clause 2 hereof, and the Registrar shall, if satisfied that the particulars are correct, thereupon register the birth of such child.

5. (1.) The Register of Births shall be in the form No. 1 in the First Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof, and shall be printed both in English and in Maori.
   (2.) Upon completing the entries in the Register and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid the Registrar shall request the informant, if then