Matrimony At The Hub

There were bnt 3,416 rnamagon Uoston last year, a decrease of 632 froo ;he previous year, and of these f; jroomB and 70 brides ware undertls egal marriageable age. The birtbs abt were fewer- 11,032, or a decrease of 68!, the ratio to population being 1 in 31,(6. Tlie males exceeded the femóles by 2ti and there were 81 twin births. Ti deaths were 1,146 more than the jet previous, 8,958 in all ; and, accordingfc sex, the male deaths wore in the ratio c: 1 in 35.03 of the male popnlation, tri the female deaths but 1 in 40.3Í oí tk female population.