k. Only
very quiet weddings take place in the morning hours. Formerly, it was
only the few who were in a position to obtain special licences who could
have afternoon weddings.

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=Marriage by "Banns"= is greatly in favour in general society. The banns
must be published three consecutive weeks previous to the marriage in
the parish in which the bridegroom resides, and also in that in which
the bride resides, and both should reside fifteen days in their
respective parishes previous to the banns being published.

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=Marriages by Licence.=--When a marriage is solemnised by licence the
cost, with fees and stamps, amounts to L2. This should be obtained at
the Faculty Office, or at the Vicar-General's Office, Doctors' Commons,
and is available at any church in the parish where one of the parties
has resided for fifteen days previous to the application being made for
the licence, either in town or country.

When the licence is obtained in the country through a clerical surrogate
the cost varies, according to the diocese, from L1 15s. to L2 12s. 6d.

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=Special Licences= can only be obtained from the Archbishop of
Canterbury, after application at the Faculty Office, and an especial
reason must be given for the application, and one that will meet with
the Archbishop's approval.

The fees for a special marriage licence average L29 5s. 6d.

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=The Fees= to the officiating clergymen vary considerably, according to
the position and means of the bridegroom, from L1 1s. to L5 5s.
as the inclination of the bridegroom may dictate.

The fee to the verger is subject to a like variation, commencing at
2s. 6d.

All fees relating to a marriage should be defrayed by the bridegroom,
and paid by him, or by the best man on his behalf, in the vestry of the
church, previous to the ceremony; immediately after it, or some days
earlier.

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=The Etiquette observed at Weddings= is invariably the same whether the
wedding takes place in the morning or in the afternoon, or whether it is
a grand wedding or a comparatively small one, whether the guests number
two hundred or whether they number twenty.

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=The Invitations= should be issued from three weeks to a fortnight
before the wedding-day.

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