1861.			1864.			Centesimal Proportion to Total Population.
	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.
Church of England	8,318	5,101	13,419	16,145	9,544	25,689	41.79
Presbyterians	2,207	1,493	3,700	4,996	3,361	8,357	13.59
Congregationalists and Independents	378	322	700	845	672	1,517	2.46
Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists	775	660	1,435	1,665	1,444	3,109	5.05
Other Protestants	1,501	818	2,319	3,331	2,028	7,359	11.96
Roman Catholics	4,197	3,479	7,676	9,265	6,846	16,111	26.21
Hebrews	31	18	49	102	52	154	0.25
Mahomedans and Pagans	404	1	405	472	4	476	0.77
Other persuasions	32	11	43	53	5	58	0.09
Unspecified	278	35	313	551	86	637	1.03
TOTAL	18,121	11,938	30,059	37,425	24,042	61,467	102.20