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PART II.—MARRIAGE REGISTRY
MARRIAGES.
The number of Marriages celebrated in the Colony during the year was 544, (of which 336 were between Chinese persons) as compared with 421 (and 236) respectively in 1937 an increase of 123. Particulars are given in Table I infra.
FEES.
2. The total amount of Fees received under the second schedule of the Marriage Ordinance 1875, was $5,081.00 as compared with $3,286.16 in 1937—an increase of $1,794.84. Particulars are shewn in Table II. The increase is mainly accounted for by the greater number of marriages solemnized at the Office of the Registrar.
3. The number of Marriages solemnized and the total amount of fees collected each year during the past ten years are shewn in Table III.
TABLE I.
(1) Marriages by SPECIAL LICENCE, 24. (a) At Licensed Places of Public Worship. 4. (b) At the Office of the Registrar of Marriages. 20. (2) Marriages by REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE, 518. (a) At Licensed Places of Public Worship. 231. (b) At the Office of the Registrar of Marriages. 287. (3) Marriages in ARTICULO MORTIS, 2. (Ordinance No. 3 of 1893 Section 2.) In St. Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, 1. At No. 7, King's Terrace, Kowloon, 1.