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Proportion of Illegitimate Births in every 100 Births.

0 ™V™ to be Births and Birth-rates in the Four Chief Cities Birth-rates per 1,000 of Auckland City ... ... » and seven suburban boroughs... '" 97 , 1fi Wellington City ... ... .. ° A > U) « ' and three suburban boroughs ... " ' 9R . ±O Ghnstchurch City '" ,;•■ 'i"j.i 'V , ■"' •■• ■•• 28-o5 » and three suburban boroughs. Q7r ~ Dunedin City ... ... ... '" 00.04 , " and six suburban boroughs 26 26 , Births per 1,000 of Population. , . , 1 w ■ , 1905 - 1906 ' 1907 - 1908 1909 Auckland (without suburbs) ... 30-06 29-96 29-63 30-56 29-7^ g u° n v " •- 29 7 2 27 8 5 27-53 27-60 26-62 Chnstchurch 29-70 28-19 30-47 28-43 2« 65 Dunedm 23-90 28-96 25-69 25-48 28 34 Marriages. has been above the standardfdurmg each of the last fourteen years :— m rate, which

Marriages, Number and Rate.

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i Year. | Queensland. I i New South Wales. I Victoria. South Auatralia. Western Australia. Tasmania. New Zealand. 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 5-97 6-40 5-93 6-04 6-76 6-89 7 -00 7-68 7-31 7-45 i i 7-15 7-01 7-16 6-60 6-71 7-12 7-37 704 7-04 6-89 I I i 5-49 5-91 5-58 5-51 5-73 5-74 5-61 5-58 5-62 5-76 3-95 4-24 3-98 4-36 4-18 4-01 4-37 4-00 4-10 4-33 [ 4-91 4-82 3-88 3-96 4-69 4 36 4-19 4-78 3-89 4 -35 I 6-08 §•43. 5-94 5-36 5-61 5'82 5-52 5-78 5-86 4-97 i 4-40 4-63 4-57 4-4fi 4-55 i;TA 4-57 4 67 4-61 4-26

Total Number of Marriages registered. Marriage-rate. Marriage-rate. Year. Per 1,000 Compared 0 £ j with Rate in Population. | t , 1882 - 8 fL [ taken as 100. Year. Total Number of Marriages registered. ] Per 1,000 ! Compared 0: f ; with Rate in Population. , 1882-86 taken as 100. 1882-86 3,663 6-68 100 5,091 5,461 5,860 6,095 6,394 6,748 6,983 7,200 7,592 8,192 8.339 8,094 6-91 103 7-28 109 7-67 115 7-83 117 8-01 120 8-23 123 8-26 124 8-28 124 8-48 127 8-91 133 8-82 132 8-33 125 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 3,563 3,617 3,632 3,797 3,805 4,002 4.115 4,478 4,110 4,843 4,928 5-97 5-97 5-93 6-12 6-04 6-23 6-22 6-15 5-94 6-85 6-83 i 89 89 89 92 90 93 93 92 89 103 102 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909