TABLE II.—Showing the Proportion per cent. of all Persons under each of the Principal Age-groups who could read and write, read only, or who were unable to read at the last four Census Periods.

Census Periods.		All Ages.					Under 10.					10 and under 20.					20 and over.
		Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Read and Write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).	Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Read and Write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).	Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Read and Write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).	Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Read and Write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).
1861	Males	55.70	10.99	33.31	*	*	9.78	13.17	77.05	*	*	68.66	14.35	16.99	*	*	72.38	8.94	18.68	*	*
	Females	51.18	15.89	32.93	*	*	10.00	14.47	75.53	*	*	75.27	14.80	9.93	*	*	68.02	17.44	14.54	*	*
1871	Males	60.05	9.93	30.02	*	*	15.98	14.06	69.96	*	*	77.43	11.29	11.28	*	*	77.30	7.30	15.40	*	*
	Females	57.47	12.71	29.82	*	*	16.49	13.31	69.70	*	*	82.56	9.76	7.68	*	*	75.12	13.33	11.55	*	*
1881	Males	68.31	5.88	25.81	*	*	20.41	9.39	70.20	*	*	88.01	5.26	6.73	*	*	83.95	4.43	11.62	*	*
	Females	66.48	7.40	26.12	*	*	21.08	9.25	69.67	*	*	91.62	4.14	4.24	*	*	83.91	7.86	8.23	*	*
1891	Males	73.49	3.44	21.06	1.93	0.08	24.63	7.03	68.34	.00	.00	96.75	1.22	1.84	18	0.01	88.18	2.55	5.71	3.42	0.14
	Females	72.96	4.28	22.64	0.11	0.01	25.39	6.64	67.96	0.01	0.00	98.06	0.86	1.06	0.02	0.00	90.50	4.40	4.86	0.22	0.02