MARRIAGE IN GENOA.
Marriage brokers are regularly important business men in Genoa. They have their pocket books filled with the names of" marriageable girls of all stations in life, with notes on their figures, personal attractions* fortunes, &c. The broker* go aboufc from place to pluoe endeavouring to arrange marriagea, and when they do succeed they get a commission of two or three per cent. upon the dowry. At Genoa marriage is purely a matttr of financial calculation* generally settled by the parents or relatives, who often draw up the contract before the parties have seen each other, and it is only when everything is arranged, and a few days previous to the marriage ceremony, that the future husband is introduced to bis intended partner for life. Should ,he be displeased with her manners and appearance, he may break off the match, on condition that he pays the cost of brokerage and' other incidental expenses which may have been incurred.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 171, 25 September 1886, Page 2
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160MARRIAGE IN GENOA. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 171, 25 September 1886, Page 2
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