Hong Kong
Principal Registry, Hong Kong
4,286
Causeway Bay Registry
450
Aberdeen 'part-time' Registry
6
Shau Kei Wan 'part-time' Registry
28
4,770
Kowloon
Kowloon Registry
4,766
New Territories
Cheung Chau 'part-time' Registry
17
Tai Po 'part-time' Registry
108
Tsuen Wan Registry
166
Yuen Long Registry
111
402
Total
9,938
}
95. The remaining 1,249 marriages were celebrated in licensed places of worship of various denominations as follows:
Denomination
No. of marriages performed
Roman Catholic
Church of England
Interdenominational
Church of Christ in China,
Methodist
Baptist
Lutheran
Independent American Congregational Other Protestant
946
92
80
40
...
34
19
10
10
18
1,249
The total of 1,249, being 4 more than in 1961-62, is the highest ever. registered in one year.
96. Table XVIII shows the ages or age groups of the husbands and wives married during the year as stated in the marriage certificates. This shows that 99 of the husbands and 1,868 of the wives were under 21 at the time of their marriage, and therefore required the consent of their parents or guardian or (in 31 cases) of the Registrar as laid down in Sections 15 and 16 of the Ordinance. In the case of wives the 21-25 age group was by far the most popular for marriage, about 45% of the year's marriages taking place with brides in this group; in the case of husbands, ages in the 26-30 group were commonest, 41% being in this group. A comparison of Table XVIII with the corresponding pre- vious year's Table reveals two very interesting facts; first there were in
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