The Census of British Guiana. 6i 
the report under this heading are to my mind almost 
valueless, and readers must remember that the words 
married and single must be taken only in the simple 
meaning of the word— as meaning nothing more than the 
performance or not of a special religious ceremony. Any 
further meaning, such as the words carry in England for 
instance, would give rise to grave error. Mr. DALTON gives 
for the ages of from 15 to 45, for women, 81,977 single 
28,248 wives and 3,683 widows. Only 40,811 women of 
all ages of all races are returned as having passed through 
any marriage ceremony out of a total number of 126,569 
females. Only 32*2 per cent of all the females of all ages 
of all races are returned as having married. But even 
this is an improvement on the returns of 1881 for then 
only 29*1 per cent were given as having passed through 
any marriage ceremony. 
The position of the East Indian Immigrant as to 
marriage, Mr. DALTON says, is difficult to define. The 
matter ought not to be difficult, for if the men and women 
have passed through the particular ceremony of their 
race, whatever this may be, then it commends itself to 
one's sense of justice that they should be classed as 
married. This at all events, I am informed, is the custom 
in India. 
The following tables give the married, single and 
widowed at the various ages for men and women : — 
Males. 
Married. 
Under 1 Year ... 
Between 1 to 5 ... 
... 
„ 5 to 10 ... 
14 
,, 10 to 20 ... 
544 
„ 20 to 30 ... 
6,737 
„ 30 to 40 ... 
10,457 
Single. 
Widowed. 
... 2,713 

... 11,812 

... 15.070 

... 24,713 
ii 
... 26,006 
195 
... 17.249 
572 
