Legitimation of Children by Registration Office of the Victorian Government Statist, Records Office, Queen St Melbourne 24th January, 1913 Dear Editress, I beg to direct your attention to the sub-joined paragraph relating to an Act recently passed providing for the legitimation of children, which may be of interest to the readers of your paper. - Yours & c A.M.LAUGHTON Government Statist Under the porvisions of an Act providing for the legitimation of children born out of wedlock, passed on the 31st December, 1912, the previous Act was repealed, and now the birth of any child born in Victoria before the marriage of the parents may be registered by the father at any time after such marriage, provided there was at the time of the birth no legal impediment to the marriage, and the child referred to shall be entitled or be declared to have been entitled to all the rights of a child born in wedlock. Application, accompanied with fees amounting to 15s (for one child), and an information paper containing full particulars, should be made to the Government Statist or to any registrar of births and deaths, and a further fee of 5s will be payable on registration. Formerly a child could only be legitimated within six months of marriage. (From 'The Woman', March 1, 1913) Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin