Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1960-1961 — Page 56

TABLE XV

MARRIAGE REGISTRY

COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS

Number of

Year

Marriages

Number of Marriages

Marriages

performed at

registered

between parties of Chinese race

Marriage Registries

Number of

Total Amount of Fees collected

$

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...

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

1959-60...

9,689

9,292

8,776

116,934

1960-61...

11,045

10,684

9,889

132,670

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