"Sport nnd General" Photo Hou' Queen i'ictoriai age uns entered in a ccn.w.i return of 1841 as /.»;o years less than it really was can he seen among the documents which have just been displayed in the museum of the Public. Record Office in London. The. general statement of age first became compulsory in 1841, and the exact age had to be filled in for children under 15, but for persons above this age they were instructed to write **the lowest of the term of five years within the age; thus, for persons aged 15 years and over write 15. for those 20 years old and under 25 write 20, and so on." Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819, and the census record shown above shows her age as 20 when she was actually 22 i
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 23, 28 January 1938, Page 3
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