1810
B.D.M Regulations
N.S.W

		
Government and General Orders

			Government House, Sydney
			Saturday, 15th Sept 1810 

"..It being essentially necessary that regular Returns should be 
transmitted annually to England of the exact State of the Population
of this Colony; and that regular Accounts for this puurpose should
be kept in the different Districts and Parishes throughout the whole
of the Territory, of all Births and Deaths, His Excellency the Govenor
accordingly directs, that exact and correct Registers shall in future
be kept by the several Chaplains, and by the Magistrates or Commandants
(where there are no Chaplains) of all Births and Deaths that may occur
in their respective Parishes or Districts, transmitting regular
Quarterly Returns thereof to the Principal Chaplain at Parramatta;
from which he will make up a general one to be laid before the Governor;
In those Returns, with respect to Deaths, care must be taken to specify
whether the Deceased was Free or a Prisoner; as well as the
Name of the Ship, and what Year he arrived in the Colony.
	The Quarterly Returns now alluded to must be made up on the
1st of January, 1st of April, 1st of July and 1st of October of each
Year, accounting for the Increase and Decrease of Population in three
proceeding months.
	A seperate Return of all Births and Deaths that have occurred
from the 1st of January last to the 30th instant, both Days inclusive,
is to be made up by the Chaplain, Magistrate or Commandant residing
in each Parish or District of the Colony, in the manner pointed out
in the foregoing Orders, and forwarded as soon as possible to the
Revd. Mr Marsden, the Principal Chaplain, who will makeup a general
one therefrom for the Governor...."


		
Government and General Orders

			Government House, Sydney
			Saturday, 15th December 1810 

"His Excellency, therefore, authorises and impowers the said Chaplains
and Assistant Chaplains, from and after the 31st day of the present
month of December, to demand and receive on all Marriages, Christenings,
Churching of Women, and Funerals, the several Fees specified in the
following Table: namely:
							£  s  d
Marriages by License			Clergyman	3  3  o
					Clerk		0  10 6
					Sexton		0  5  0

Ditto by Banns-Free Person
					Clergyman	0  10 0
					Clerk -Banns	0  2  0
				      	      -Marriage 0  3  0
					Sexton		0  1  6

Christenings - For Registering   	Clerk		0  1  0
	     - For Registering Free 
	       Persons Only		Clergyman	0  10 0
					Clerk		0  0  6
					Sexton		0  0  6

Funerals	ditto  ditto		Clergyman	0  3  0
					Clerk		0  1  0
					Bell		0  0  6
					Grave Digger    0  2  6

His Excellency at the same time enjoins the said Principal and
Assistant Chaplains, as an ct of reciprocal Benefit to all classes
of the Society, to keep or cause to be kept exact Registers of all
Marriages, Christenings, Churching of Women and Funerals which they
may in futre perform and make a correct Return thereof once in every
Quarter, to the Secretarys Office at Sydney, and said Registers are
required to contain the Marriages, Christenings, Churchings, and
Funerals, as well of all Convicts and Prisoners as of Free Persons..."
	
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