Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1958-1959 — Page 17

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MARINE DEPARTMENT LIBRARY

TABLE VII

COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS

Number of

Number of

Year

Marriages

Number of Marriages between parties

Marriages performed at

Total Amount

registered

of Chinese race

Marriage Registries

of Fees collected

$

1949/50...

2,185

1,918

1,794

21,295.00

1950/51...

2,051

1,751

1,639

19,581.00

1951/52...

2,111

1,776

1,680

19,915.00

1952/53...

2,348

2,032

1,913

23,247.00

1953/54...

2,828

2,541

2,361

28,474.00

1954/55...

3,715

3,411

3,136

38,074.00

1955/56...

4,953

4,598

4,330

59,089.00

1956/57....

5,859

5,474

5,045

69,828.00

1957/58...

·

7,466

7,053

6,668

89,654.00

1958/59...

7,954

7,661

7,134

94,687.00

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