162. The relative conjugal conditions of bridegrooms and brides (excluding the same parties previously customarily married, and remarried under section 38(2) of the Ordinance) were as follows, with figures for 1969-70 shown in brackets for comparison:
Divorced Women
Total
16,797 (17,281) 212 (240)
Bachelors
Spinsters
16,649 (17,172)
Widows
67 (51)
81 (58)
Widowers
135 (173)
56 (47)
21 (20)
Divorced Men
187 ( 172)
23 (12)
24 (28)
234 (212)
Total
16,971 (17,517)
146 (110)
126 (106)
17,243 (17,733)
163. No special licences dispensing with the giving of the notice of an intended marriage were granted by the Governor. In fourteen cases the Registrar in the exercise of the discretion conferred on him by the proviso to section 9 of the Ordinance issued his certificate allowing the marriage to proceed before the expiry of the prescribed 15 days' notice.
Work done and fees collected
164. Table XXXII gives particulars of work done during the year and of the fees charged therefor, which totalled $248,440, up by $2,227 from the 1969-70 figure.
General
PART IX
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRY
165. The registration of births and deaths is compulsory under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance. The General Register Office is situated at Li Po Chun Chambers, 92-97 Connaught Road Central, and there are nine District Registries on Hong Kong Island and six in Kowloon and New Kowloon. In the New Territories there are full-time Birth Registries at Tai Po, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long, and also 'part-time' Registries at various Rural Committee Offices, which District Registrars visit according to a regular programme. Deaths in the New Territories are reported to local police stations. In addition to the above, three mobile teams operate in the New Territories dealing with applica- tions for post-registration of births. Table XXXIII shows the present organization of the Registry.
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