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Robert Kemp Philp
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Christenings
may
be
performed
either
in
accordance
with
the
rites
of
the
Established
Church,
or
of
dissenting
congregations;
the
time
of
birth,
and
the
name
of
every
child,
must
also
be
registered.
The
fees
paid
for
christening
vary
with
a
variety
of
circumstances.
Particulars
should
in
each
case
be
obtained
of
the
clerk
of
the
place
of
worship.
It
is
usual
to
make
a
christening
the
occasion
of
festivity;
but
not
in
such
a
manner
as
to
require
special
remark.
The
parents
and
god-parents
of
the
child
appear
at
church
at
the
appointed
hour.
The
child
is
carried
by
the
nurse.
The
dress
of
the
parties
attending
a
christening
should
be
what
may
be
termed
demi-costume,
or
half-costume;
but
the
infant
should
be
robed
in
the
choicest
manner
that
the
circumstances
will
allow.
It
is
usual
for
the
sponsors
to
present
the
child
with
a
gift
to
be
preserved
for
its
future
years.
Silver
spoons,
a
silver
knife
and
fork,
a
clasp-bible,
a
silver
cup,
and
other
such
articles,
are
usually
chosen.
It
is
usual,
also,
to
give
a
trifling
present
to
the
nurse.
1959.
Registration
of
Births.
The
law
of
registration
requires
the
parents,
or
occupiers
of
houses
in
which
the
births
happen,
to
register
such
birth
at
the
registrar's
office
within
six
weeks
after
the
date
thereof.
For
registration,
within
the
time
specified,
no
charge
is
made.
But
after
the
expiration
of
the
forty-second
day
from
the
birth,
a
fee
of
seven
shillings
and
sixpence
must
be
paid.
After
the
expiration
of
six
months
from
the
date
of
the
birth,
no
registration
is
allowed.
It
is
therefore
most
important,
as
soon
as
possible
after
the
birth
of
a
child,
for
the
father
or
mother,
or
in
default
of
either,
the
occupier
of
the
house
in
which
to
his
knowledge
the
child
is
born,
or
any
one
who
may
have
been
present
at
the
birth,
to
go
to
the
office
of
the
registrar
of
the
district,
and
communicate
the
following
particulars:
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