TABLE LXII.—Showing (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) the Number of Husbands and Wives, the Excess of the former over the latter, or the contrary, and the Number of the former to every One Hundred of the latter at each Age at the last Four Censuses.

Ages.	1857.					1861.					1871.					1881.
	Number of Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.	Number of Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.	Number of Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.	Number of Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.
All Ages	70,051	61,955	8,096		113	88,840	84,550	4,290		105	110,804	111,047		243	99	123,938	125,874		1,936	98
Under 15 years		4		4		3	7		4	43		3		3			5		5
15 years to 20 years	86	1,912		1,826	4	69	2,077		2,008	3	62	1,790		1,728	3	53	1,463		1,410	4
20 years to 25 years	4,605	12,812		8,207	36	3,327	12,960		9,633	26	2,957	11,522		8,565	25	4,790	13,505		8,715	35
25 years to 30 years	15,255	15,856		605	96	15,935	21,984		6,049	72	10,419	18,629		8,210	56	11,282	17,319		6,037	65
30 years to 35 years	16,050	12,026	4,024		133	22,103	17,684	4,419		126	16,241	20,359		4,118	80	13,871	17,443		3,572	79
35 years to 40 years	13,014	8,090	4,924		155	16,732	11,632	5,100		144	22,808	20,571	2,237		111	15,831	17,762		1,931	89
40 years to 45 years	8,999	5,141	3,858		175	12,810	8,231	4,579		156	21,882	15,365	6,517		142	17,218	17,193	25		100
45 years to 50 years	5,527	2,940	2,587		188	7,501	4,390	3,111		171	14,139	9,315	4,824		152	19,180	15,624	3,556		123
50 years to 55 years	3,335	1,679	1,656		199	5,221	2,983	2,238		175	10,029	6,419	3,610		156	17,492	11,687	5,805		149
55 years to 60 years	1,646	764	882		215	2,424	1,298	1,126		196	5,431	3,320	2,111		164	10,491	6,307	4,184		166
60 years to 65 years	817	374	443		218	1,659	831	828		200	3,697	2,198	1,499		168	7,160	4,164	2,996		172
65 years to 70 years	306	134	172		228	524	246	278		227	1,648	850	798		194	3,530	1,904	1,626		185
70 years to 75 years	149	47	102		317	244	88	156		277	944	462	482		204	1,878	1,016	862		185
75 years to 80 years	40	13	27		308	88	29	59		303	280	105	175		267	750	333	417		225
80 years and upwards	19	5	14		380	44	12	32		367	149	41	108		363	412	149	263		276
Age unspecified	203	158	45		128	156	98	58		157	118	98	20		120