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married to

Percentage of column

(8) to

Number of

'new'

marriages

i.e. column

column (7) | (2) minus

Total

Amount

of Fees

collected

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Number of

Year

Number of Marriages Marriages performed registered at Marriage Registries

Percentage of Total

Number of Marriages performed at Licensed Places of

Number of Marriages

Number of

between

Public

Worship

Percentage of Total

Marriages

parties of Chinese

race

between

parties

already

each other

(see para.

159)

100

column (8)

$

1961-62

11,837

10,592 89.48%

1,245 10.52%

11,502

950

8.26%

-10,887

140,626

1962-63

11,187

9,938 88.84%

1,249 11.16%

10,909

1,024

9.39%

10,163 134,744

1963-64

12,700

11,262 88.68%

1,438 11.32%

12,406

950

7.66%

11,750 154,116

1964-65

12,608

11,233 89.09%

1,375 10.91%

12,262

1,195

9.75%

11,413 155,662

1965-66

15,533

13,911 89.56%

1,622 10.44%

15,228

1,307

8.58%

14,226 188,219.

1966-67

17,846 15,980 89.54%

1967-68

16,894

1968-69

20,492

1969-70

15,347 90.84%

18,681 91.11%

20,326 18,453 90.79%

1,866 10.46% 17,568 1,547 9.16% 16,551

1,517 8.64%

1,811

1,873

1970-71

19,953

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18,135 90.89%

1,818

8.89% 20,117

9.21% 19,828

9.11% 19,399

16,329 216,097 2,350 14.20% 14,544 209,217 2,125 10.56% 18,367 250,461 2,593 13.08% 17,733 246,213 2,710 13.97% 17,243 248,440

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MARRIAGE REGISTRY

AGES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES AT TIME OF MARRIAGE 1970-71