Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1956-1957 — Page 16

TABLE VII

COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS

Number of

Year

Marriages

registered

Number of Marriages between parties of Chinese race

Number of Marriages performed at

Marriage

Registry & Sub-Registry

Total Amount

of Fees Collected

$

1935/39 (Average)

498

313

257

4,434

1946/47

860

.658

618

9,691

1947/48

2,864

2,626

2,558

29,537

1948/49

2,951

2,479

2,588

30,377

1949/50

2,185

1,918

1,794

21,295

1950/51

2,051

1,751

1,639

19,581

1951/52

2,111

1,776

1,680

19,915

1952/53

2,348

2,032

1,913

23,247

1953/54

2,828

2,541

2,361

28,474

1954/55

3,715

3,411

3.136

38,074

1955/56

4,953

4,598

4,330

59,089

1956/57

5,859

5,474

5,045

69,828

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