VITAL STATISTICS.
INFLUENCE OF THE WAR. Wellington. February lU. The effect of the war upon (1) the number of marriages in Now Zealand, and (2; the number of illegitimate births is shown by figures prepared by the Registrar General’s Department at the direction of the Minister for Internal Affairs. The figures are:— Illegitimate Year Marriages. Births.
The substantial increase in the number of marriages is attributed in part to the desire of certain men to appear as “married” in the -National Reg's• tor though it is a fact that many members of the Expeditionary Forces have hastened their marriages before leaving the Dominion. * .*V V - * ' ‘ ~~S>*J**»~***~l .—iJ’-a' -
ill. 1911 ... 8870 1078 1912 ... 9189 1177 1913 ... 8846 1181 1914 ... 9326 1302 1915 ... 10,262 1106
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 56, 11 February 1916, Page 7
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123VITAL STATISTICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 56, 11 February 1916, Page 7
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