EDUCATION., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION in the COUNTIES and COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS, at the 1st March, 1856, classified with reference to the degree of ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.

COUNTIES AND COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS.	MALES.
	UNDER 4 YEARS.	4 AND UNDER 7 YEARS.			7 AND UNDER 14 YEARS.			14 AND UNDER 21 YEARS.			21 AND UNDER 45 YEARS.			45 AND UPWARDS.			TOTAL.
	Cannot Read.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read.	Can Write.
Argyle	410	248	51	11	179	184	272	75	47	239	204	118	794	211	71	394	1,327	471	1,710
Bathurst	524	255	63	27	211	191	346	98	64	340	318	203	1,308	278	87	523	1,684	608	2,544
Bligh	49	23	6		20	18	19	8	4	17	42	13	130	22	11	63	164	52	229
Brisbane	137	85	13	6	69	43	109	24	15	93	105	28	356	79	23	166	499	122	730
Camden	1,101	660	129	20	431	414	661	146	142	724	421	268	2,066	321	151	833	3,080	1,104	4,304
Cook	262	169	31	5	139	111	177	52	47	204	127	41	512	119	53	276	868	283	1,174
Cumberland	6,090	3,190	921	257	1,654	1,979	5,839	515	375	5,162	2,091	1,316	18,133	1,536	725	5,730	15,076	5,316	35,121
Durham	685	414	90	23	257	286	516	82	92	540	270	214	1,231	203	104	558	1,911	786	2,868
Georgiana	106	78	5	1	106	48	37	42	25	49	100	58	244	70	20	119	502	156	450
Gloucester	315	158	47	10	117	135	216	35	39	193	152	96	631	79	42	219	856	359	1,269
Hunter	87	51	8	1	57	37	50	17	8	61	33	13	134	39	13	87	284	79	333
King	203	144	20	2	168	103	72	52	26	93	109	58	318	140	42	194	816	249	679
Macquarie	163	78	28	2	46	61	110	17	14	107	67	52	363	57	20	140	428	175	722
Murray	263	159	23	6	190	123	142	47	33	154	136	104	547	144	60	243	939	343	1,092
Northumberland	1,421	779	218	49	577	548	1,104	216	171	1,003	581	419	3,478	425	172	1,153	3,999	1,528	6,787
Phillip	61	26	5	2	59	29	22	18	5	32	68	27	152	45	18	63	277	84	271
Roxburgh	358	175	49	4	151	147	175	48	72	212	187	154	1,125	133	79	418	1,052	501	1,934
St. Vincent	367	182	48	5	116	155	204	44	45	240	171	111	974	100	52	301	980	411	1,724
Wellington	323	173	31	8	161	123	158	74	40	231	397	182	1,620	182	66	409	1,310	442	2,426
Westmoreland	137	76	21	3	81	55	71	40	29	101	95	61	220	83	36	104	512	202	499
Total of the 20 Counties	13,062	7,123	1,807	442	4,789	4,790	10,300	1,650	1,293	9,795	5,674	3,536	34,336	4,266	1,845	11,993	36,564	13,271	66,866
Stanley (the reputed County)	686	289	80	21	136	155	379	55	44	457	386	241	2,016	84	41	344	1,636	561	3,217
Total within the Settled Districts	13,748	7,412	1,887	463	4,925	4,945	10,679	1,705	1,337	10,252	6,060	3,777	36,352	4,350	1,886	12,337	38,200	13,832	70,083
Albert	7	3			4		1	1	3	6	9	7	71		1	8	24	11	86
Bligh	53	47	4	1	53	29	29	28	12	60	79	35	307	61	25	120	321	105	517
Burnett	42	14	7	4	13	17	20	27	5	53	150	21	544	34	12	65	280	62	686
Clarence	166	82	9		73	54	68	25	18	83	97	37	558	40	6	134	483	124	843
Darling Downs	221	96	19	3	89	55	95	30	31	174	274	90	1,132	68	21	239	778	216	1,643
Gwydir	50	33	6		35	18	14	19	15	56	90	41	262	26	20	65	253	100	397
Lachlan	181	110	19	5	121	65	70	72	32	106	194	73	570	131	55	218	809	244	969
Leichhardt	8	2	1		7	3	2	3	2	36	30	17	126	7	3	17	57	26	181
Liverpool Plains	150	102	15	3	91	56	67	48	30	153	255	64	827	130	44	257	776	209	1,307
Lower Darling	13	7	1		5	3	1	1		13	19	13	118	12	1	16	57	18	148
Macleay	54	18	8		14	5	20	4	6	26	19	14	113	11	9	34	120	42	193
Maranoa	2	3			2		2	3		5	8	6	41	4	1	11	22	7	59
Monaroo	299	206	35	16	200	132	193	66	47	227	150	83	772	111	44	303	1,032	341	1,511
Moreton	24	14	1	1	7	2	8	2	3	38	41	10	186	9	1	27	97	17	260
Morumbidgee	324	172	43	6	138	120	191	67	52	311	341	160	1,715	178	61	412	1,220	436	2,635
New England	317	170	34	14	170	115	164	72	37	232	312	131	1,172	160	65	360	1,201	382	1,942
Wellington	49	44	13	1	46	37	30	27	13	63	101	37	310	102	31	136	369	131	540
Wide Bay	30	11	5	1	12	8	16	4	1	41	43	12	237	13	2	48	113	28	343
Port Curtis	12	7	1		1	2	5	3	1	8	9	7	135	4	1	9	36	12	157
Total in the Squatting Districts	2,002	1,141	221	55	1,081	721	996	502	308	1,691	2,221	858	9,196	1,101	403	2,479	8,048	2,511	14,417
TOTAL IN THE COLONY	15,750	8,553	2,108	518	6,006	5,666	11,675	2,207	1,645	11,943	8,281	4,635	45,548	5,451	2,289	14,816	46,248	16,343	84,500