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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15902, 13 April 1912, Page 8

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In Tartary no father will surrender his daughter unless lie gets a .goodly quantity of butter in return, and in certain parts of India no girl can murrv until her father has been pacified by a present of rice and a few rupees. Twenty oxen is the regular price for a wife among tl*> Mishiniis, but a ,or man has. more than once succeeded ni obtaining a bride on payment of one pig. At Unyoro any desirable but impecunious suitor may purchase liis ivife on credit, but. will pot bp allowed to enjoy her company until he has paid up the last farthing.