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STATISTICS

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REGISTRAR - GENERAL'S REVIEW

YOUTH AND OLD AGE

Re

RHODESIA

PRE-EGYPTIAN CIVILISA- TIONS

GREAT DISCOVERIES

Florence-Professor Cipriant, of

SHANGHAI

REGIMENT MARCHES THROUGH SETTLEMENT

LOOKING VERY FIT

A surprising feature of the Re-

Looking very fit after a kard gistrar-General's Statistical

the Florence University, whose dis-season in India and marching with lew for 1028, is the large num covery of the footprint of a gigantica soldierly bearing that was all one ter of youths and man who married type of prehistoric man on the could wish, the officers and mon of women much older than themselves banks of the Limpopo River, has the 1st Battn. The Worcestershire Twenty-one women of thirty, for in- been reported within the last few Regiment marched from the Old stance, married youth of twenty days, has been exploring Rhodesia Ningo Wharf last Saturday to and one woman of thirty married for the last eight months. He has their quarters at Great Western a youth of seventeen, while another sent back to Italy a most interest- Boad Camp which they will occupy woman of thirty-eight was wedded ing account of his discoveries and for the remainder of their stay in to a youngster of nineteen. Two of his deductions as to the primi- Shanghai.

Wife.

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24

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27

55

29

20 34

63 60

Women of seventy and upwards married men of thirty-five, thirty seven, forty, forty-four, forty-eight, and fifty. Fifty-seven girls mar ried at the age of fifteen, 440 at the age of sixteen, and no fewer than 2,499 at the age of seventeen. The greatest number of women, 30,064, wore wedded at the age of twenty-three.

women aged forty and forty-one tive inhabitants of South Africa,) They were preceded by the band. respectively married youths of based upon the rock carvings and of the Norfolks which regiment is twenty, and seventeen women be- paintings, and the ruins of tombs leaving Shanghai on the "Neuralla" tween forty and fifty-one married and temples which he has found which brought the newcomers and men of twenty-two.

on the high table-lands watered by which will take the senior regiment Still more astonishing are the the Zambesi, the Limpopo, the Vhal, back to India. following age discrepancies:--

und the Orange River, These re-

For this time of the year the Husband mains reveal traces of a civilisation Worcesters presented a somewhat dating back some seven or eight add appearance in that they were thousand years and anterior, there-clad in sun helmets and shorts, but fore, to the Egyptians of the first the man gave little evidence of dynasties and to the moat ancient having felt the change in climate Asiatic elvilisations.

and on the march down Nanking "The Bushmen tell us their own Road they responded to the cheers story," he says. "War scenes are of the spectators with exclamations! continually reproduced, and strange that "Shanghai looked good." figures of gigantic men surrounded. They were headed by Col. W. F. by small men who are trying to. Faviel, D.S.O., their commanding overcome them. These are most officer and after the march up probably the original invaders, pos-Broadway they were reviewed at albly from the Indian Ocean, who the entrance to H.M. "Consulate" decimated the original inhabitants by Mr. C. F. Garstin, acting Consul- of a small and more delicate build, General, and Brigadier 0. C. The Marriage Rate

seized their women and became the Borrett commanding the Shanghai number

marriages forefathers of the Bantu race area. of solemnised in England and Wales which dominated the country for a

A large group of residents during the year was 103,228, and long period and erected the massive turned out to greet them and en- was equal to a rate of 15.4 persons fortresses of Zimbabye and Kamai."thusiastic comments were heard on married per thousand persons

There was It will be seen that Professor every site. living. During the three years, Cipriani is. not in agreement with stop at the Race Course which was 1919-21, following demobilisation Miss Caton Thomson, who at also well dotted with welcomers and after the war, the rate averaged tributes the Zimbabye ruins to a the march to camp was continued." 19.0, which was the highest record period not earlier than the tenth or Conversations with the men' re- ed since the establish, ent of civil twelfth century of our era. Hevealed that they are enthusiastic registration. The rate in succeed looks upon this view as "entirely footballers and are on the outlook ing years ahowed an almost con erroneous," and is firm In his for quick action on the field. There tinuous decline until 1926 (the year opinion that these mysterious for-are several boxers among their of the general strike), when it was tresses were built by the Banto to number and there is little in the 14.3, the lowest rate recorded since defend the gold and diamond dla way of sports that is overlooked by| 1886, while it rose to 16.7 in 1927 tricts from an incessant stream of the Worcesters. and fell slightly to 15.4 in 1928. Asiatic Invaders. comparing with 15.2, 15.3, and 15.2 in the three years, 1923, 1924, and 1925 respectively.

The

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The antiquity of the rock pictures

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short

They had heard much about Shanghai and were glad to be there.

EXCHANGES

is fully proved by the fact that the Many of them were id evidence animals-depicted with extraor- about the streets on the evening of The greatest quarterly number of dinary intensity and freedom of their arrival and they are distinct marriages was again recorded in the movement are

of them assets to the local British troops. many third quarter of the year, the num- | antediluvian; and the plants' include |---- ber in this quarter being more than species such as palms, which are double that In the March quarter. no longer native to South Africa." |This preference for the third quar-

ter has been a feature of the remarkable little effigy depicted with turns since the beginning of the present century, prior to which the highest proportion was recorded in the fourth quarter.

Birth-rate Still Declining The number of decrees nisi made absolute during the year was 4,018, or 828 in excess of that, for the previous year. This total is the highest on record.

Professor Cipriani found one re-

great care and scenracy on a rock half-buried in the ground. It re

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presents man in Babylonian robes. "What was the Emir"s his discoverer has chriatened him

"doing among the Bushmen?"

Rhodešla,' says Professor Cipriani, offers an unlimited field for researches into the origin of man and investigations into the The births registered during the history of a civilisation totally un-On demand year numbered 660,267, and were known to us. equal to a rate of 16.7 per one thousand population. This is

rise of 0.1 from the preceding year, the actual number of births rising

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On Singapore.i thousand total live births, a slight the Provincial Government to the On demand... Increase over 1927.

authorities of all the Municipalities On Manila The proportion of male to one in the various districts in the On demand.... thousand female births was 1,044, province, measures for affording On Shanghai------ a slight increase over the preceed protection to the lives and pro-On demand ing two years. This proportion perties of foreigners residing in 30 day's sight (private showed a great increase during the Chinese territory are to be taken paper) war years, and attained a maximum care of efficiently and in a special On Yokohama- of 1,060 in 1910, since when the manner in order to facilitate the On demant In 844 decline has been almost continuous, process of making applications to Gold Leaf, 100 fine and the proportion is now ap- the foreign nations for abolishing (per tasi) proximating to that which pre-all existing unequal treaties, the re- Sovereigns- vailed in the period immediately trocession of the foreign concessions buying rate) ... 11.23 preceding the war.

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