THE MATRIMONIAL STATE.
The Gazette contains a table showing the proportion of married, unmarried, and widowed people in the country since 1874. It will be noticed that the marriage rate is on the increase :—: —
I Census periods. 1874 1878 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 .1906 1911 Unmarried Per cent. 66.95 66.72 67.32 67.67 67.62 67.05 65153 63.72 61.80 d.M lamed. Per cent. 30.58 30.87 30.15 29.53 29.18 29.46 30.75 32.41 34.21 ! i i i Widowei Per cent. 2.47 2.41 2.53 2.80 3.20 3.49 3.72 3.87 3.99
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 76, 29 March 1912, Page 8
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