TABLE XXX
MARRIAGE REGISTRY
COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
Number of
Number of
Year
Number of Marriages Marriages performed
registered at Marriage Registries
Percentage of Total
Number of
Marriages performed at Licensed Places of
Public
Worship
Marriages
Number of
Marriages
between
Percentage of Total
between
parties of
parties
already
Chinese
each other
column (7)
married to
Percentage of column
(8) to
Number of
'new'
marriages i.e, column
Total
Amount
of Fees
collected
race
(2) minus column (8)
(see para.
154)
1960-61
1961-62
11,045
11,837 10,592 89.48%
9,889 89.53%
1,156 10.47%
10,684
493
4.61%
10,552 132,670
1,245 10.52%
11,502
950
8.26% 10,887 140,626
1962-63
11,187
9,938 88.84%
1,249 11.16%
10,909
1,024
9.39% 10,163 134,744
1963-64
12,700 11,262 88.68%
1,438 11.32%
12,406
950
7.66% 11,750 154,116
1964-65
12,608 11,233 89.09%
1,375 10.91%
12,262
1,195
9.75% 11,413 155,662
1965-66
15,533
13,911 89.56%
1,622 10.44%
15,228
1,307
8.58% 14,226 188,219
1966-67
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17,846
15,980 89.54%
1,866 10.46%
17,568
1,517
8.64% 16,329 216,097
1967-68
1968-69
16,894
15,347 90.84%
1,547 9.16%
20,492
18,681 91.11%
1,811 8.89%
1969-70
20,326 18,453 90.79%
1,873 9.21%
16,551
20,117
19,828
2,350 14.20% 14,544 209,217 2,125 10.56% 18,367 250,461
2,593 13.08% 17,733 246,213
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