(6)
(7)
(8)
(୨)
(10)
(11)
Number of Marriages performed at Licensed Places of
Public
Worship
Percentage of Total
parties of Chinese
race
parties
already married to each other
Number of
Number of Marriages between
Marriages
between
Percentage of column
(8) to
column (7)
Number of
'new'
Marriages i.e. column
(see para.
164)
(2) minus column (8)
Total
Amount
of Fees
collected
(1)
(2)
(3).
(4)
(5)
98
Year
Percentage of Total
Number of
Number of Marriages Marriages performed registered at Marriage Registries
$
1963-64
1964-65
12,700
11,262 88.68%
1,438 11.32%
12,406
950
7.66%
11,750 154,116
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
17,846 15,980
89.54%
1,866 10.46%
17,568
1,517 8.64%
16,329 | 216,097
1967-68
16,894
15,347 90.84%
1,547 9.16%
16,511
2,350
14.20%
14,544 209,217
1968-69
20,492
18,681 91.11%
1,811 8.89%
20,117
2,125 | 10,56%
18,367 | 250,461
1969-70
20,326
18,453 90.79%
1,873 9.21%
19,828
2,593 13.08%
17,733 246,213
1970-71
19,953
18,135 90.89%
1,818
9.11%
19,399
2,710 13.97%
17,243
248,440
1971-72
29,487
26,999 91.56%
2,488
8.44%
28,784
4,196 14.58%
25,291 | 360,690
1972-73
26,443 24,106 91.15%
2,337
8.85%
25,983
2,662 10.25%
23,781
325,555
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TABLE XXXI
MARRIAGE REGISTRY
AGES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES AT TIME OF MARRIAGE 1972-73