NUPTIALS DEGREASE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12090, 1 November 1933, Page 6

NUPTIALS DEGREASE

BIRTHS SHOW DECLINE; G [SHORN E VITA L ST ATI STTCS. FIGURES FOR TEN .MONTHS. Marriages celebrated in Gisborn« last month were exactly double the mirnber in October of last year, while the total during the first ten months of this year is 158 as compared with 127 >n the corresponding neriod ( 1932. an increase of over 14 per cent* Births* registered last month lotah e ( j only 24, compared with 40 in October. 1932. but the total for the ten months concluded yesterday is >412. au increase of four on the corresponding portion ol last year. Six fewer deaths occurred l y st month as compared with October 12 months ago, and the total for Hie year to date is 318 as against 155 i" tlie same portion of last year.

Five marriages were performed by the registrar last month, compared with three in October ot last yea!, bringing tile total since .January I to 42 as compared with 20 in the first 10 months of 1932.

The, figures for Uie 10 mouths of the year to date are as follows: —

Totals 358 302 155 148 127 15P

'JJiilIis. Deaths. Marr'gus. 7JJ2 >33 ’32 ’33 ’32 »oo •JO J an. . 30 40 18 10 11 15 Fob. . <n 40 1 1 15 1 1 15 Mar. . 30 30 12 1.4 10 20 Apr. . 30 33 11 15 15 24 May . 42 30 Hi 10 11 13 June 3o 30 10 13 12 13 J lily . 40 48 15 14 12 10 Aug. 00 35 17 11 11 15 S’ept- . 01 14 17 '18 11 6 Oct 40 34 10 10 1.1 09