EDUCATION., ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of the POPULATION in the POLICE DISTRICTS, at 1st March, 1856, classified with reference to the degrees of PRIMARY EDUCATION, denoted by the distinctions below mentioned.

POLICE 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.	Can Read only.	Can Read & Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read only.	Can Read & Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read only.	Can Read & Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read only.	Can Read & Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read only.	Can Read & Write.	Cannot Read.	Can Read only.	Can Read & Write.
Albury	101	57	13	1	50	46	64	21	5	100	86	46	512	57	18	149	372	128	826
Armidale	209	124	29	12	140	85	120	56	22	170	174	90	807	116	52	259	819	278	1,368
Bathurst	761	360	108	24	268	300	444	123	121	495	421	326	2,033	344	147	796	2,277	1,002	3,792
Balranald	31	16	2		17	4	3	5	4	33	56	31	288	21	8	33	146	49	357
Berrima	163	91	11	4	92	41	67	34	19	82	86	35	290	78	31	144	544	137	587
Binalong	108	74	10	3	75	31	45	58	22	57	121	44	300	88	27	138	524	134	543
Bombala	69	56	13	3	55	38	47	22	8	55	33	18	190	35	18	73	270	95	368
Brisbane	427	168	57	17	69	89	263	21	20	275	179	133	1,114	46	16	222	910	315	1,891
Braidwood	188	95	25	3	82	89	83	26	30	119	116	74	588	76	43	182	583	261	975
Broulee	74	35	13	5	25	28	89	8	8	59	31	18	173	19	4	64	192	71	390
Campbelltown, Camden, Narellan, and Picton	528	307	63	12	217	207	405	77	73	320	224	157	893	192	98	409	1,545	598	2,039
Carcoar	160	103	9	9	179	63	73	57	33	81	180	82	423	126	32	182	805	219	768
Cassilis	55	33	3		28	19	26	6	5	22	39	17	133	25	16	61	186	60	242
Cooma	114	94	8	9	105	64	60	31	29	104	73	42	244	52	17	132	469	160	549
Dalby	37	11	3	1	16	10	15	4	3	29	37	18	222	12	2	37	117	36	304
Deniliquin	28	22	2		8	8	15	7	4	39	55	13	261	17	6	45	137	33	360
Drayton	87	41	4	1	40	24	31	12	16	76	111	31	379	21	4	89	312	79	576
Dubbo	63	56	5	1	55	36	36	34	16	79	94	46	364	82	33	131	384	136	611
Dungog	185	120	24	5	66	85	169	19	17	118	55	57	287	44	23	105	489	206	684
Eden	84	45	11		32	21	50	10	7	56	42	17	256	19	9	70	232	65	432
Gayndah	42	14	7	4	13	17	20	27	5	53	150	21	544	34	12	65	280	62	686
Gosford	103	62	16	4	55	56	89	22	15	108	34	35	278	50	15	106	326	137	585
Goulburn	436	267	53	12	202	191	286	88	53	255	221	128	857	227	77	429	1,441	502	1,859
Grafton	72	40	5		34	24	46	4	6	40	31	11	234	15	1	65	196	47	385
Gundagai	59	33	5	2	39	22	17	13	10	40	56	18	195	19	18	66	219	73	320
Hartley	161	84	28	4	80	52	104	25	27	98	61	33	294	48	28	133	459	168	633
Ipswich	283	135	24	5	74	68	124	36	27	220	248	118	1,088	47	26	149	823	263	1,586
Kiama	292	184	41	2	77	122	145	20	33	195	76	65	552	45	24	179	694	285	1,073
MacDonald River	53	21	13	1	20	16	43	15	6	27	14	9	67	31	8	41	154	52	179
Maitland	968	501	156	35	284	372	772	108	121	699	375	307	2,105	264	131	741	2,500	1,087	4,352
Maryborough	30	11	5	1	12	8	16	4	1	41	43	12	237	13	2	48	113	28	343
Macleay River	82	30	14		20	11	32	6	8	37	30	15	152	16	11	51	184	59	272
Molong	50	44	14	1	52	35	30	21	12	46	90	32	276	81	29	136	338	122	489
Moulamein	5	2		2	4	2	4	4		9	21	15	143	7	3	21	43	20	179
Mudgee	214	118	15	8	113	74	113	45	26	178	273	117	1,103	118	50	275	881	282	1,677
Murrurundi	62	35	8	4	19	10	34	8	4	35	48	7	148	25	4	62	197	33	283
Merton & Muswellbrook	52	34	5	3	25	30	49	13	9	51	34	16	141	26	8	91	184	68	335
Newcastle	264	146	41	13	120	76	211	42	16	184	120	75	924	47	19	195	739	227	1,527
Orange	131	73	18	1	69	59	78	33	19	63	68	38	341	72	27	110	446	161	593
Parramatta & Liverpool	887	535	94	45	418	285	868	123	59	685	474	231	2,085	467	208	1,041	2,904	877	4,724
Paterson	165	115	17	3	76	69	84	23	20	109	48	42	276	52	26	128	479	174	600
Patrick's Plains	217	99	31	10	102	75	163	32	27	164	100	49	419	86	34	235	636	216	991
Penrith	299	192	34	7	132	143	168	66	40	220	169	86	536	152	57	295	1,010	360	1,226
Port Macquarie	181	78	28	6	47	76	119	17	17	114	65	70	414	59	22	154	447	213	807
Port Stephens	63	43	12	3	20	32	42	14	11	67	69	28	185	20	14	80	229	97	377
Queanbeyan	171	106	8	2	129	87	87	35	27	97	88	69	339	95	44	145	624	235	670
Raymond Terrace	262	159	33	3	120	127	208	34	38	194	121	69	514	75	28	163	771	295	1,082
Rylstone	69	31	3	1	47	25	21	17	6	43	37	28	145	40	14	60	241	76	270
Scone	60	38	4	1	41	26	50	7	11	46	43	20	162	38	16	78	227	77	337
Shoalhaven	240	129	34	3	56	86	141	28	20	169	68	54	563	44	20	188	565	214	1,064
Surat	19	11	1		13	7	14	5	2	17	33	20	128	9	4	21	90	34	180
Sydney	4,841	2,136	728	192	894	1,323	4,261	241	206	3,853	1,241	847	14,606	653	356	3,937	9,506	3,460	26,849
Tabulam	94	42	4		38	30	22	21	12	43	66	26	323	25	5	68	286	77	456
Tamworth	137	91	13	3	83	49	60	43	29	139	228	55	735	116	42	238	698	188	1,175
Tenterfield	42	11	3		15	11	11	8	11	21	54	23	178	13	6	48	143	54	258
Tumut	97	32	16		35	33	46	12	18	71	61	30	393	41	17	79	278	114	589
Wogga Wogga	70	44	9	3	31	24	55	18	16	65	85	49	331	54	16	102	302	114	556
Warialda	51	33	6		35	18	14	20	16	59	95	41	272	26	21	66	260	102	411
Warwick	71	36	11	1	19	13	37	10	8	50	84	22	389	28	10	93	248	64	570
Wee Waa	14	11	2		8	7	7	5	1	16	33	9	111	21	2	27	92	21	161
Wellingrove	74	35	2	2	19	20	33	9	5	45	96	23	233	33	8	63	266	58	376
Wellington	102	47	14	1	53	42	39	29	9	51	156	61	491	65	15	153	452	141	735
Windsor	522	328	47	7	246	235	404	95	87	409	230	123	841	281	105	475	1,702	597	2,136
Wollombi	101	72	8		97	33	44	32	19	51	52	27	166	47	13	88	401	100	349
Wollongong	278	181	27	8	117	118	223	39	33	220	105	63	543	83	33	228	803	274	1,222
Yass	272	167	36	5	176	134	129	53	34	133	135	79	473	162	52	253	965	335	993
Leichhardt	8	2	1		7	3	2	3	2	36	30	17	126	7	3	17	57	26	181
Port Curtis	12	7	1		1	2	5	3	1	8	9	7	135	4	1	9	36	12	157
	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