Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1959-1960 — Page 50

TABLE XVI

MARRIAGE REGISTRY

COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS

Number of

Number of

Number of Marriages

Marriages

Total Amount

Year

Marriages

between parties

performed at

registered

of Chinese race

Marriage

of Fees collected

Registries

$

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...

1955/56...

1956/57 ...

1957/58...

1958/59...

1959/60 ...

:

3,715

3,411

3,136

38,074

4,953

4,598

4,330

59,089

5,859

5,474

5,045

69,828

7,466

7,053

6,668

89,654

:

7,954

7,661

7,134

94,687

9,689

9,292

8,776

116,934

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