As clerk of the police station, the station clerk performs the following duties:- (a) He opens, registers and hands over all correspondence to the officer in charge of the police station or senior officer present and takes his orders for the disposal of papers. He writes all reports and returns called for by competent authorities and is responsible that all pending papers are promptly disposed of. (b) Every morning he brings to the notice of the officer in charge of the station (that is, senior officer present) all postponed orders and pending papers awaiting execution and reply. At morning roll call he records the orders of the same officer as to the distribution of duties for the day. (c) he writes up the daily diary and other station house registers. He sees that the file of the Police Gazette is kept up to date, and that all orders and notices contained in it, which concern the staff or the work of the staff, are carefully noted and explained to all concerned. He registers all births and deaths reported at the station by the village watchmen.