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 |