BALANCE TO CREDIT.
BIRTHS AND WAR LOSSES. BRITISH 1916 FIGURES. LONDON, February 22. The Registrar-General's statistics for 1916 have been issued. Tbey show the lowest birth and death rates and almost the lowest marriage rates on record. The marriage rate for widows is the highest for 30 years. Births exceeded deaths by 277,303, excluding war fatalities, which are believed to be nnjch under these figures. Tlic German figures for the same period bliow the births to have numbered 1,103,000, nnd the deaths 1,331,000, practically excluding war fatalities.— ("Times.")
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 57, 23 February 1918, Page 5
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88BALANCE TO CREDIT. Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 57, 23 February 1918, Page 5
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