TABLE VII
COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
Number of
Number of
Number of Marriages
Marriages
Total Amount
Year
Marriages
performed at
registered
between parties
of Chinese race!
Marriage
of Fees Collected
Registries
1935/39 (Average)
498
313
257
4,434
1946/47...
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
59,089
1956/57 ...
1957/58...
:
5,859
5,474
5,045
69,828
7,466
7,053
6,668
89,654
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