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(3.) The particulars set forth in the certificate required under subclause 1 of this regulation shall be entered, together with the namo of the cortifying medical practitioner, in the Register of Deaths kept by the Secretary for Native Affairs. General. 8. (1.) Every Pulonu'u shall forward at once to the Fa'amasino the duplicate sheets of all registrations of the births and deaths of Samoans effectod by him. (2.) Every Fa'amasino shall forward, by tho first available Government messenger, the duplicate sheets of all registrations of tho births and deaths of Samoans effectod by him and by the Pulenu'u of his district, to the official mentioned below :— Savai'i —Tho Rosident Commissioner, Fagamalo ; Aleipata—The Rosident Commissioner, Aleipata ; Upolu (other than Aleipata)—The Secretary for Native Affairs, Apia ; who will forward such duplicate sheets to the Secretary for Native Affairs at monthly intervals. 9. The registers kept in pursuance of theso regulations by the Secretary for Native Affairs shall at all reasonable times be open to the public on payment of the search fee set forth in tho Second Schedule hereto, and the Secretary for Native Affairs shall, on application by any person, and on payment of the fees set forth in tho said schedule, issue certificates of any entries in the said registers. 10. Every person required by these regulations to furnish particulars in respect of any matter who, without sufficient causo, fails to furnish such particulars, and every Pulenu'u and Fa'amasino who fails to comply with the requirements of these regulations, shall be liable for a first offence to a fine not exceeding two pounds (£2), and for a secjjnd offence to a fino not exceeding five pounds (£5); and any porson who knowingly furnishes false particulars shall be liable to a fino not exceeding twenty pounds (£2O). 11. Tho fees set out in the Second Schedule hereto shall bo payable to the Socrctary for Native Affairs in respect of the matters therein specified, and shall bo accountod for by him to the Treasury in Apia. X. LAND TENURE. Last year's answers apply. XL MORAL, SOCIAL, AND MATERIAL WELFARE. Last year's answers apply. XII. PUBLIC FINANCES. See particulars of revenue and expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1923, on pages 14 to 16 of the report : otherwise last year's answers apply. XIII. DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS. Births, Deaths, Marriages, Immigration, and Emigration.

Return showing the Births, Deaths, Marriages, Immigration, and Emigration for the Year ended 31st March, 1923.

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Births. Deaths. Marriages. Immigration. Emigration. Native Samoans Europeans and half-castes Chinese indentured labourers Melanesian and Polynesian labourers indentured 1,602 90 2 1,000 19 6 2 128 23 807 517 18 1,194 414 261 4 Totals 1,694 1,027 151 1,342 1,873