SYNOPSIS OF STATE OF EDUCATION IN 1856, COMPILED FROM THE NEW SOUTH WALES CENSUS.

DISTRICT.	MALES.			FEMALES.			TOTAL.			Per centage of whole population who are uneducated, that is who can neither read nor write.
	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.
Brisbane	910	315	1,891	852	486	1,390	1,762	801	3,281	30.15
Dalby	117	36	304	92	21	108	209	57	412	30.82
Drayton	312	79	576	199	82	209	511	161	785	35.07
Gayndah	280	62	686	99	38	144	379	100	830	28.95
Ipswich	823	263	1,586	711	336	839	1,534	599	2,425	33.65
Maryborough	113	28	343	65	31	89	178	59	432	26.60
Surat	90	34	180	44	23	44	134	57	224	32.04
Warwick	248	64	570	203	91	186	451	155	756	33.11
Leichhardt	57	26	181	22	21	21	79	47	202	24.08
Port Curtis	36	12	157	31	7	44	67	19	201	23.34
Total	2,986	919	6,474	2,318	1,136	3,074	5,304	2,055	9,548	31.37