Condition at successive Censuses. TABLE I.—Married and Single at the last Eight Census Periods.

NUMBERS.
Census Periods.	Persons.		Males.		Females.
	Married.	Single.	Married.	Single.	Married.	Single.
1847	17,603	46,576	9,059	33,265	8,544	13,311
1851	19,451	49,156	9,680	33,447	9,771	15,709
1857	28,857	51,945	14,333	31,583	14,524	20,362
1861	31,509	58,468	15,893	33,700	15,616	24,768
1870	31,163	68,165	15,665	37,188	15,498	30,977
1881	34,878	80,827	17,744	43,418	17,134	37,409
1891	43,712	102,955	22,313	55,247	21,399	47,708
1901	51,267	121,208	25,807	63,817	25,460	57,391
PROPORTION PER CENT.
1847	27.43	72.57	21.40	78.60	39.09	60.91
1851	28.35	71.65	22.45	77.55	38.35	61.65
1857	35.71	64.29	31.22	68.78	41.63	58.37
1861	35.02	64.98	32.05	67.95	38.67	61.33
1870	31.37	68.63	29.64	70.36	33.35	66.65
1881	30.14	69.86	29.01	70.99	31.41	68.59
1891	29.93	70.07	29.00	71.00	30.98	69.02
1901	28.73	70.27	28.79	71.21	30.73	69.27