New Territories (other than New Kowloon)
Tai Po Registry
Tsuen Wan Registry
Yuen Long Registry
Cheung Chau 'Part-time' Registry
Sai Kung 'Part-time' Registry
Total
164 202
116
19
2
503
11,262
It is pleasing to record that more Marriage Sub-Registries were opened in the New Territories in 1960 the numbers of marriages performed there have increased as follows:
1960-61, 217; 1961-62, 350; 1962-63, 402; and 1963-64, 503.
141. The remaining 1,438 marriages were celebrated in licensed places of worship of various denominations as follows:
Roman Catholic
1,101
Interdenominational
Anglican
***
J
104
***
+
93
Church of Christ in China
...
47
***
Lutheran
37
...
Methodist
•
25
...
Independent American Congregational Church Baptist...
11
...
...
8
...
Other Protestant
12
1,438
The total of 1,438 is the highest annual total ever recorded exceeding by 189 the previous year's total, which was itself the highest up till then. The increase is almost entirely due to a rise in the number of Roman Catholic weddings from 946 to 1,101.
142. There is a distinct seasonal pattern for Registry marriages. The winter months are always the most popular for marriages, and there is always a great rush to get married before Chinese New Year. Since some days are regarded as being much luckier than others it is in the winter often necessary to book well ahead if one wants to get married in a Registry on a particular day. 1963-64 followed the normal pattern, and in January 1964 the number of Registry marriages performed crossed the 2,000 mark for the first time to reach the record monthly total of 2,024, with record numbers of 739 and 919 performed at the City Hall and Mong Kok Registries respectively. In the previous month, December 1963, a record number of 202 Church marriages were registered.
143. Table XXV gives statistics for the past ten years of the numbers of marriages registered, civil and religious ceremonies, and marriages
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