Pleaders 12 Brass and copper smiths 12 Inmates of convents, etc. 11 Ship's officers, etc. 10 Prostitutes 10 Authors, editors, etc. 10 Cultivating tenants 8 Club managers, etc. 8 Hotel-keepers, etc. 7 Minor occupations 363 As bearing on the subject of Eurasian marriage, I am enabled, through the courtesy of a railway chaplain and the chaplain of one of the principal churches in the city of Madras, to place on record the following statistics abstracted from the registers. It may, in explanation, be noted that M indicates the bridegroom, F the bride, and W widow or widower remarriage:-- (a) Railway. =======+========+========+========+========+======= M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. -------+--------+--------+--------+--------+------- 25 | 18 | 34 | 19 | 24 | 18 21 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 35 | 21 24 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 19 21 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 18 22 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 20 23 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 32 | 19 23 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 21 23 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 18 25 | 16 | W 42 | 18 | 33 | 19 W 45 | 19 | 37 | 28 | 20 | 15 25 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 18 24 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 20 22 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 32 | 19 W 42 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 18 40 | 16 | 23 | | | 23 | 22 | 23 | | | =======+========+========+========+========+====== (b) Madras City.