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statistics and information as the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council may think necessary.

Penalties ranging from one dollar to fifty dollars may be ex- acted for failure to comply with the provisions of the law regard- ing vital statistics.

The Road Masters have been appointed to send in the Births and Deaths for the several Districts.

Deaths occurring in Charlottetown, Summerside and George- town, must be registered before burial. Deaths occuring in other Districts must be registered within seven days of their occurrence.

Births must be registered within thirty (30) days of their oc- currence.

The statistics obtained during the year 1915 under the provis- ions of this law, are as follows :—

Marriages—Queen’s County, 252; Prince County, 207; King’s County 71. Total, 530.

Births—Queen's County, 400; King’s County, 399; Prince County, 747; Charlottetown, 197. Total, 1743.

Deaths—Queen’s County, 260; King’s County, 255 ; Prince County, 317 ; Charlottetown, 253. Total 1085.

POSTAL FACILITIES

At the end of 1915, about a hundred and sixty-eight rural mail delivery routes had been opened in this Province. The postal boxes on these routes numbered 7460, and about nine thousand families are served by the couriers.

The rates by parcel post are as follows :—

20 mile Maritime

Lbs. Radius Provinces Ontario Points 1 5 cts. 10 cts. 12 cts. 2 6 I‘ ‘4 H 20 (l 3 7 ‘l ‘8 H 28 (I 4 8 (l 22 (( 36 II 5 IO.” 26 u . 44 u 6 12 “ 3o “ 52 “ 7 14 H 34 6‘ 60 (I 8 16 “ 38 ” 68 “ 9 18 (C 42 (l 76 H 10 20 “ 46 “ 84 “ 11 22 “ 50 “ 92 “