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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

4.5a Bankruptcies

Number (a)

September

quarter

December

quarter

March

quarter

June

quarter

Annual

1963-64

2 392

1964-65

2 453

1965-66

2 384

1966-67

2 284

1967-68

2 379

1968-69

2 302

1969-70

2 236

1970-71

2 428

1971-72

2 684

1972-73

2 254

1973-74

1 537

1974-75

2 061

1975-76

1 900

1976-77

2 196

1977-78

3 134

1978-79

3 857

1979-80

4 979

1980-81

5 153

1981-82

4 575

1982-83

5 151

1983-84

4 909

1984-85

4 664

1985-86

1 320

1 294

1 285

1 682

5 581

1986-87

1 807

1 731

1 942

2 015

7 534

1987-88

2 192

2 081

2 136

2 059

8 504

1988-89

2 063

1 745

1 694

1 916

7 435

1989-90

2 085

1 874

2 142

2 605

8 552

1990-91

2 767

2 924

3 270

4 020

13 091

1991-92

4 764

4 137

4 016

3 886

16 780

1992-93

3 770

3 679

3 674

3 693

14 852

1993-94

3 825

3 526

3 357

3 473

14 166

1994-95

3 527

3 305

3 499

3 747

14 132

1995-96

4 030

4 050

4 413

4 847

17 324

1996-97

5 421

5 138

5 351

5 936

21 830

1997-98

6 236

5 901

5 958

6 313

24 408

1998-99

6 660

(a) Bankruptcies and Administration Orders (Part IV and XI of the Bankruptcy Act). The quarterly figures are preliminary only and may not sum to the annual totals. When an annual total is verified any subsequent revisions are not made to the quarterly figures.

Source: Media Release, Minster for Justice

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