CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—RELIGIONS., TABLE I.—Showing the Number and Proportion per cent. of Persons of various Religions at the date of each Census, from 1861 to 1891.

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION.	1861.		1871.		1881.		1891.
Number.	Proportion per cent.	Number.	Proportion per cent.	Number.	Proportion per cent.	Number.	Proportion per cent.
Total	350,860	100.00	503,981	100.00	751,468	100.00	1,123,954	100.00
PROTESTANTS.
Church of England	159,958	45.59	229,243	45.49	342,359	45.56	502,980	44.75
Presbyterian	34,692	9.89	49,122	9.75	72,545	9.65	109,390	9.73
Wesleyan Methodist	23,682	6.75	36,275	7.20	57,049	7.59	87,516	7.79
Other Methodists			3,291	0.65	7,303	0.97	22,596	2.01
Congregationalist	5,411	1.54	9,253	1.83	14,328	1.91	24,112	2.14
Baptist	9,863	2.81	4,151	0.82	7,307	0.97	13,112	1.17
Lutheran					4,836	0.64	7,950	0.71
Unitarian			849	0.17	828	0.11	1,329	0.12
Salvation Army							10,315	0.92
Other Protestants			7,208	1.43	9,957	1.33	12,046	1.07
Total Protestants	233,606	66.58	339,392	67.34	516,512	68.73	791,346	70.41
CATHOLICS.
Roman Catholics	99,193	28.27	147,627	29.29	207,606	27.63	286,911	25.53
Greek Church							253	0.02
Total Catholics	99,193	28.27	147,627	29.29	207,606	27.63	287,164	25.55
OTHERS.
Jew, Hebrew	1,759	0.50	2,395	0.48	3,266	0.44	5,484	0.49
Buddhist, Confucian, Mahometan, &c.	12,909	3.68	7,455	1.48	9,345	1.24	10,950	0.97
Other Persuasions	3,393	0.97	1,166	0.23	1,042	0.14	14,982	1.33
Unspecified and ill-defined			5,946	1.18	13,697	1.82	14,028	1.25