I have had the honor to receive Your Lordship's despatch N 4
of
14 January enquiring whether I
have
have received the
Duke of
Buckingham's Circular despatch of the
6 of August 1868
respecting the proposed registration of Births, Marriages, and
Deaths. In reply I have to state that my despatch of the
27
of October 1868 acknowledged the receipt of His Grace's circular
despatch in question.

No. It ack simply the duplicate.
2. My despatch N 100 of
11 August, will
have
have informed Your
Lordship that the subject was considered in the Executive
Council, and I was advised that the
Ceylon regulations could not
be made to apply to this Colony.
3. I laid before the Legislative Council, by message, a copy of
the abstract of the
Ceylon Registration Ordinances, which formed
part of the
Duke of Buckingham's
Circular
Circular Despatch of
6 of
August 1868, the Council however did not take action in the matter.