EDUCATION., (45.) ABSTRACT of the Population on the 2nd March, 1846, in each of the Counties and Commissioners' Districts, comprised within the Southern or Port Phillip District, and also in each Ward of the Town of Melbourne, and in each Town and Village in the Port Phillip District, shewing the number of persons of each sex, under and above twenty-one years of age respectively, who cannot read, read only, and read and write.
COUNTY, DISTRICT, TOWN, OR VILLAGE.		EDUCATION.												TOTALS.
		MALES.						FEMALES.						TOTALS.
		Under twenty-one years.			Above twenty-one years.			Under twenty-one years.			Above twenty-one years.			Males.	Females.	GENERAL TOTALS.
		Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Males.	Females.	GENERAL TOTALS.
COUNTIES.
County of Bourke		2,326	600	1,092	558	544	4,320	2,321	724	1,047	580	791	2,428	9,440	7,891	17,331
County of Grant		505	118	180	238	131	1,167	461	155	184	150	137	444	2,339	1,531	3,870
County of Normanby		253	99	89	120	110	784	249	80	90	52	104	237	1,455	812	2,267
Total Population within the limits of location of the Southern or Port Phillip District		3,084	817	1,361	916	785	6,271	3,031	959	1,321	782	1,032	3,109	13,234	10,234	23,468
Commissioners' Districts beyond the limits of location.	Gipps' Land	105	28	33	59	66	321	80	19	25	19	19	78	612	240	852
Commissioners' Districts beyond the limits of location.	Murray	170	36	34	173	132	597	135	35	31	42	44	129	1,142	416	1,558
Commissioners' Districts beyond the limits of location.	Portland Bay	280	67	80	351	322	1,577	266	58	42	66	91	276	2,677	799	3,476
Commissioners' Districts beyond the limits of location.	Western Port	366	104	135	298	179	1,437	351	67	87	79	88	334	2,519	1,006	3,525
Total Population beyond the limits of location of the Southern or Port Phillip District		921	235	282	881	699	3,932	832	179	185	206	242	817	6,950	2,461	9,411
Total Population of the Southern or Port Phillip District		4,005	1,052	1,643	1,797	1,484	10,203	3,863	1,138	1,506	988	1,274	3,926	20,184	12,695	32,879
TOWNS AND VILLAGES.	COUNTY.
MELBOURNE.—
Bourke Ward	Bourke.	273	68	107	33	66	429	255	94	133	48	126	273	976	929	1,905
Gipps' Ward	Bourke.	449	111	208	107	99	764	479	142	203	137	162	479	1,738	1,602	3,340
LaTrobe Ward	Bourke.	384	83	262	62	31	736	407	142	239	79	106	521	1,558	1,494	3,052
Lonsdale Ward	Bourke.	297	72	195	59	51	808	320	87	179	76	105	408	1,482	1,175	2,657
Total Population of the Town of Melbourne		1,403	334	772	261	247	2,737	1,461	465	754	340	499	1,681	5,754	5,200	10,954
Ashby(p)	Grant	21	12	1	8	4	33	25	7	5	8	8	18	79	71	150
Belfast(p)	Normanby	34	8	7	7	6	89	36	8	8	6	15	45	151	118	269
Brighton(p)	Bourke.	97	32	25	12	27	79	69	21	29	24	27	67	272	237	509
Brunswick(p)	Bourke.	20	9	9	3	2	42	17	10	14	2	8	28	85	79	164
Geelong (North)	Grant	100	20	66	23	10	375	88	44	63	15	25	153	594	388	982
Geelong (South)	Grant	49	4	22	10	12	91	65	21	21	21	19	53	188	200	388
Irishtown(p)	Grant	26	5	3	12	11	14	23	5	6	16	8	6	71	64	135
Newtown(p)	Grant	46	11	7	8	6	49	38	14	17	10	17	33	127	129	256
Portland	Normanby	49	20	33	5	17	154	68	25	35	7	31	66	278	232	510
Richmond(p)	Bourke.	57	13	20	17	10	68	71	15	32	13	29	57	185	217	402
Williamstown	Bourke.	40	7	20	12	26	67	53	10	15	14	14	44	172	150	322
Total Population in Country Towns in the Port Phillip District		539	141	213	117	131	1,061	553	180	245	136	201	570	2,202	1,885	4,087
Total Urban Population in the Southern or Port Phillip District		1,942	475	985	378	378	3,798	2,014	645	999	476	700	2,251	7,956	7,085	15,041