A COSTLY CHRISTENING.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 160, 2 March 1871, Page 7

A COSTLY CHRISTENING.

Iv the third series of the papers and correspondence of the Imperial family, the following memorandum occurs: —

TEE COST OF A BAPTISM — EIRTH AND

BAPriSM Jl ? THE I'RINOh IMPERIAL. Fr. Diamond orders ... 25,000 To the doctors - - - 02,000 To the midwife - - - 0,000 To the Dramatic Society - 10.000 To the Literar}" Society - - 10,000 To the Socie+y of Dramatic Artists .... 10,000 To the Society of Musician - 10.000 To the Society of Faiu-ei's, Sculptors, &o. - - - 10,000 T^ the feocioty of Industrial Inventors - - - 10,000 To the Society of Physicians of the Seine Department - 10.000 To Hie i'onovoleufc associations of tlie Seine and the diatviuts 01 Copland - - 93,000 Babylinuu - 100,000 Gratuity of four months' pay to the i'] mpivss's attendants - - - 11,000 L(lu\nvork=s,L (l u\nvork=s, &c. 18th March., IS3(> - 41,000 Gifts to Di'.rents oi children born on the ltfth - - 58,000 Medals to authors and composers of poetical addresses to i heir Majesties. Medala to tbe tronps and pur>i!B at the Lyafcas - : - 85,000 Certificates to the parenis of their Majesties' god suns - 20,000 Baptismal procession — horses and carriages - 172,000 Gratniiiea to those in their Majesties' household - 160,000 Total - 908,000