DENOMINATIONS.		1856.	1861.	Per Cent. 1856.	Per Cent. 1861.	Increase.	Decrease.
Church of England	M.	71,568	91,212
	F.	52,937	68,746
		124,505	159,958	50.0	45.7		4.3
Presbyterians	M.	14,042	19,187
	F.	11,676	15,505
	Total	25,718	34,692	10.3	9.9		0.4
Congregationalists	M.	1,364	2,814
	F.	1,405	2,597
	Total	2,769	5,411	1.1	1.5	0.4
Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists	M.	7,603	11,962
	F.	7,349	11,720
	Total	14,952	23,682	6.0	6.7	0.7
Other Protestants	M.	2,050	5,947
	F.	1,516	3,916
	Total	3,566	9,863	1.4	2.8	1.4
Roman Catholics	M.	37,274	51,095
	F.	36,644	48,098
	Total	73,918	99,193	29.7	28.2		1.5
Hebrews	M.	831	1,072
	F.	599	687
	Total	1,430	1,759	0.6	0.5		0.1
Mahomedans and Pagans	M.	1,326	12,781
	F.	43	128
	Total	1,369	12,909	0.5	3.6	3.1
Others and unspecified	M.	654	2,418
	F.	401	975
		1,055	3,393	0.2	1.0	0.6
		249,282	350,860	100.0	100.0