TABLE V.—Showing the PERCENTAGE of the NEVER MARRIED, MARRIED, and WIDOWED, as compared with the TOTAL POPULATION, at the DATE of each CENSUS from 1871 to 1901.

CONJUGAL CONDITION.	1871.			1881.			1891.			1901.
	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Totals.
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Never married	66.91	62.81	64.92	68.74	61.99	65.60	68.38	63.07	65.84	67.54	62.93	65.28
Married	31.44	33.29	32.34	29.39	33.51	31.31	29.34	31.43	30.34	29.69	31.06	30.36
Widowed	1.65	3.90	2.74	1.87	4.50	3.09	2.28	5.50	3.82	2.77	6.01	4.36