TABLE X., TABLE shewing the excess of Bachelors above Spinsters in each ELECTORAL PROVINCE.
ELECTORAL PROVINCES. Number of Bachelors. Number of Spinsters. Excess of Bachelors. Proportion per cent. of excess to the total of Bachelors in each Province. Proportion per cent. of excess in each Province to the total excess in Colony.*
1. CENTRAL PROVINCE 16,197 6,839 9,358 57.77 17.24
2. SOUTH PROVINCE 5,005 1,529 3,476 69.45 6.40
3. SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 9,912 2,409 7,503 75.69 13.83
4. WESTERN PROVINCE 2,363 936 1,427 60.39 2.63
5. NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 21,351 890 20,461 95.83 37.70
6. EASTERN PROVINCE 4,094 240 3,854 94.14 7.10
TOTAL 58,922 12,843 46,079 78.20 84.90