Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1957-1958 — Page 17

TABLE VII

COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS

Number of

Number of

Number of Marriages

Marriages

Total Amount

Year

Marriages

performed at

registered

between parties

of Chinese race!

Marriage

of Fees Collected

Registries

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 ...

1957/58...

:

5,859

5,474

5,045

69,828

7,466

7,053

6,668

89,654

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