o go to the office of the
registrar of the district, and communicate the following particulars:

1. Date when born.
2. Name of the child.
3. Boy or girl.
4. Name of the father.
5. Name and maiden name of the mother.
6. Rank or profession of the father.
7. Signature, description, and residence of the person giving the
information.
8 Date of the registration.

1960. Baptismal Name.

If any child born in England, whose birth has been registered, shall,
within six months of such registration, have any name given to it in
baptism other than that originally registered, such baptismal name may
be added to the previous registration, if, within seven days of such
baptism, application be made to the registrar by whom the child was
originally registered. For this purpose a certificate of the baptism
must be procured of the clergyman, for which a fee of 2s. 7d.
(including stamp) must he paid. This certificate must he taken to the
registrar, who will charge another fee of _one shilling_ for adding
the baptisinal name to the original registration.

[FRUGALITY PROVES AN EASY CHAIR FOR OLD AGE.]

1961. Choice of Names.

To choose names for children, parents should consult the list of names
in _pars._ 971, 972.

1962. Children born at Sea.

If any child of an English parent shall be born at sea on board a
British vessel, the captain or commanding officer shall make a minute
of the particulars touching the birth of the child, and shall, on the
arrival of the vessel at any part of the kingdom, or sooner, by any
other opportunity, send a certificate of the birth through the
post-office (_for which no postage will be charged_), to the Registrar
General, General Registrar Office, London.

1963. Funerals and Registration of Deaths.

It is always best to place the direction of a funeral under a
respectable undertaker, with the precaution of obtaining his estimate
for the expenses, and limiting him to them. He can best advise upon
the observances to be attended to, since the style of funerals differs
with the station of the deceased's family, and is further modified by
the customs of particular localities, and even by religious views.

1964. Registration of Deaths.

The father or mother of any child that dies, or the occupier of a
house in which any person may die, must, within _five days_ after