TABLE VI
Fees received during the Year
Description
Prescribed Fee
Total received
$
$
4,369 Notices of Marriage
5,020 Certificates of Notice
1.00*
4,369.00
1.00
5,020.00
40 Searches under Section 27
19 at the old fee
1.00
19.00
21 at the new fee....
2.00+
42.00
3 Searches on record of War Period marriages
5.00
15.00
3,593 Certified Copies:
1,342 at the old fee.......
1.00
1,342.00
2,251 at the new fee
2.00+
4,502.00
11 Licences to Registrar to issue his Certificate
under Section 10
30.00
330.00
1 Special Licence
150.00
150.00
4,330 Marriages at the Office of the Registrar
10.00
43,300.00
Total... $59,089.00
* New fee introduced by the Marriage Ordinance (Amendment of Second
Schedule) Order, 1955, with effect from 26th August, 1955.
† Fee as amended by the said Order with effect from 26th August, 1955.
TABLE VII
Comparison with previous Years
Number of Marriages
Number of
Number of
Marriages
Year
Marriages
registered
between parties.
performed at
of Chinese race
Marriage
Registry
Total Amount
of Fees Collected
$
1935/39 (Average)
498
313
257
4,434
1546/47
860
658
618
9,691
1947/48
2,864
2,626
2,558
29,537
1948/49
2,951
2,479
2,588
30,377
1949/50
2,185
1,918
1,794
21,295
1950/51
2,051
1,751
1,639
19,581
1951/52
2,111
1,776
1,680
19,915
1952/53
2,348
2,032
1,913
23,247
1953/54
2.828
2,541
2,361
28,474
1954/55
3,715
3,411
3,136
38,074
1955/56
4,953
4,598
4,330
58,489
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