MORE BIRTHS.
BUT FEWER MARRIAGES. yi_____T THE VTTAT. STATISTICS "« - SHOW. •The marriages show a decrease, but •-He births are keeping up %ronderfally veil/ was the summary of the Registrator TBirths and Deaths, in commenting •ibis morning on the statistics of his department for the nine months just ended. Ihe number'of marriage notices issued .jn Auckland -was 1,021 as compared with ■j-724 during the corresponding period "of tost year, the number of marriages performed by. the registrar being 277 and 300 respectively. Since the beginning of fee "year the births have totalled 2,440 as against 2,390 for the fiKtirine. months ~of"l915l Against~this'Ts an ihcfease"in the number of deaths—l,o7o and 980 respectively. The return for the month ended Saturday, with the figures for September of ■last "year given in parentheses, is as follows-—Births 270 (262), deaths 141 (121), marriage notices issued 10S (126), marriages at registrar's office 36 (28). It would appear that the departure of so many men on active service is having an effect upon the marriage totals, more especially since the introduction of legislation relating to compulsory service.
Jfotwrfchstaiidmg this it is not unusual -for men to enter into matrimony shortly before leaving for the front.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 236, 3 October 1916, Page 11
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197MORE BIRTHS. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 236, 3 October 1916, Page 11
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