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MARINE DEPARTMENT LIBRARY
TABLE VII
COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
Number of
Number of
Year
Marriages
Number of Marriages between parties
Marriages performed at
Total Amount
registered
of Chinese race
Marriage Registries
of Fees collected
$
1949/50...
2,185
1,918
1,794
21,295.00
1950/51...
2,051
1,751
1,639
19,581.00
1951/52...
2,111
1,776
1,680
19,915.00
1952/53...
2,348
2,032
1,913
23,247.00
1953/54...
2,828
2,541
2,361
28,474.00
1954/55...
3,715
3,411
3,136
38,074.00
1955/56...
4,953
4,598
4,330
59,089.00
1956/57....
5,859
5,474
5,045
69,828.00
1957/58...
·
7,466
7,053
6,668
89,654.00
1958/59...
7,954
7,661
7,134
94,687.00
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