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without exception, the average number of children was lower. 

 New Zealand shows smaller proportions married than in New 

 South Wales at all ages, but at the higher ages over 40 the average 

 number of children is higher. 



The following statement showing to 100 m-arried men the num- 

 ber of children under 16 years of age is perhaps a better com- 

 parison : — 



Number of Children under 16 per 100 Married Men. 



* Ages end at 64. 



Married men in the New South Wales Public Service have on 

 the average more children than in the other experiences, and they 

 have more at each age than in the Commonwealth Public Service, 

 which comes next. It is, however, the high averages at the 

 higher ages over 50 which .makes the general average of the New 

 South Wales Public Service high, because at ages under 50 the 

 general population results both of New South Wales and New 

 Zealand are higher. It would appear from this, that in the Pub- 

 lic Service, second marriages are more common than am^ong the 

 general population. Comparing the resvilts given by the general 

 population of New South Wales and New Zealand, the same facts 

 are apparent as from the preceding statement. 



The results shown above are quite clear, and without labouring 

 the subject, I think they explain the variations from age to age 

 in the different experiences, as indicated in the table giving the 

 cost of orphans' annuities. 



