Table N. TABLE showing the RELIGIONS of the POPULATION in the PRINCIPAL TOWNS, and in the RURAL PORTIONS of the POLICE and PASTORAL DISTRICTS, as compared with the POPULATION in the entire Colony.

Name of Denomination.		Number of each Denomination in the Colony.		Number of each Denomination in the Principal Towns.		Number of each Denomination in the Rural portion of Police and Pastoral Districts.
		Number.	Percentage.	Number.	Percentage.	Number.	Percentage.
Church of England	Male	22,837	22.86	8,410	8.42	14,427	14.44
	Female	14,624	14.64	7,513	7.52	7,111	7.12
	Total	37,461	37.50	15,923	15.94	21,538	21.56
Presbyterian	Male	7,890	7.89	2,712	2.71	5,178	5.18
	Female	5,371	5.38	2,663	2.67	2,708	2.71
	Total	13,261	13.27	5,375	5.38	7,886	7.89
Congregationalist and Independent	Male	1,185	1.19	529	0.53	656	0.67
	Female	955	0.96	529	0.53	426	0.42
	Total	2,140	2.15	1,058	1.06	1,082	1.09
Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist	Male	2,811	2.81	1,161	1.16	1,650	1.65
	Female	2,392	2.39	1,208	1.20	1,184	1.19
	Total	5,203	5.20	2,369	2.36	2,834	2.84
Baptist	Male	1,049	1.05	517	0.52	532	0.53
	Female	1,039	1.04	539	0.53	500	0.51
	Total	2,088	2.09	1,056	1.05	1,032	1.04
Other Protestants	Male	1,222	1.22	174	0.17	1,048	1.05
	Female	392	0.39	162	0.16	230	0.23
	Total	1,614	1.61	336	0.33	1,278	1.28
Lutheran	Male	3,937	3.94	794	0.79	3,143	3.15
	Female	2,405	2.40	556	0.55	1,849	1.85
	Total	6,342	6.34	1,350	1.34	4,992	5.00
Roman Catholic	Male	14,864	14.87	5,426	5.42	9,438	9.45
	Female	11,620	11.63	6,368	6.37	5,252	5.26
	Total	26,484	26.50	11,794	11.79	14,690	14.71
Hebrew	Male	163	0.16	118	0.12	45	0.04
	Female	82	0.08	75	0.07	7
	Total	245	0.24	193	0.19	52	0.05
Mohammedans, Pagans, &c.	Male	2,499	2.50	486	0.49	2,013	2.01
	Female	9		3		6
	Total	2,508	2.50	489	0.49	2,019	2.01
Other Persuasions	Male	275	0.27	82	0.09	193	0.20
	Female	99	0.10	48	0.04	51	0.04
	Total	374	0.37	130	0.13	244	0.24
Unspecified	Male	2,014	2.02	202	0.20	1,812	1.81
	Female	167	0.16	31	0.03	136	0.14
	Total	2,181	2.18	233	0.23	1,948	1.95
TOTAL		99,901		40,306		59,595