Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1963-1964 — Page 92

TABLE XXV

MARRIAGE REGISTRY

COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS

Number of

Marriages performed

Year

Number of Marriages registered

at Marriage

Registries

Number of

Marriages performed at Licensed

Places of Public Worship

Number of Marriages

between

parties of Chinese race

Total Amount of Fees collected

1954-55 ...

3,715

3,136

579

3,411

$ 38,074

1955-56...

4,953

4,330

623

4,598

59,089

1956-57 ...

5,859

5,045

814

5,474

69,828

1957-58 ...

7,466

6,668

798

7,053

89,654

1958-59 ...

7,954

7,134

820

7.661

94,687

1959-60 ...

9,689

8,776

913

9,292

116,934

1960-61...

11,045

9.889

1,156

10,684

132,670

1961-62...

11,837

10,592

1,245

11,502

140,626

1962-63 ...

11,187

9,938

1,249

10,909

134,744

1963-64...

12,700

11,262

1,438

12,406

154,116

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