Numbers.				Proportions per Cent.
	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Totals.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Totals.
Under 5 years.—
Able to read and write	62	49	111		0.38	0.32	0.35
Able to read only	156	158	314		0.97	1.00	0.98
Unable to read	15,957	15,547	31,504		98.65	98.68	98.67
Unspecified
	16,175	15,754		31,929	100.00	100.00	100.00
5 to 10 years.
Able to read and write	6,088	6,095	12,183		44.65	45.45	45.05
Able to read only	3,093	2,929	6,022		22.68	21.84	22.26
Unable to read	4,408	4,352	8,760		32.33	32.45	32.39
Unspecified	47	34	81		0.34	0.26	0.30
	13,636	13,410		27,046	100.00	100.00	100.00
10 to 15 years.
Able to read and write	10,656	10,386	21,042		91.43	92.76	92.08
Able to read only	546	432	978		4.68	3.86	4.28
Unable to read	419	361	780		3.60	3.22	3.41
Unspecified	34	18	52		0.29	0.16	0.23
	11,655	11,197		22,852	100.00	100.00	100.00
15 years and upwards.
Able to read and write	59,642	40,812	100,454		90.05	86.21	88.45
Able to read only	2,531	3,427	5,958		3.82	7.24	5.25
Unable to read	3,492	2,722	6,214		5.27	5.75	5.47
Unspecified	568	380	948		0.86	0.80	0.83
	66,233	47,341		113,574	100.00	100.00	100.00
Ages unspecified.
Able to read and write	116	34	150		26.07	33.33	27.42
Able to read only	3	2	5		0.68	1.96	0.91
Unable to read	26	10	36		5.84	9.81	6.58
Unspecified	300	56	356		67.41	54.90	65.09
	445	102		547	100.00	100.00	100.00
Total population, exclusive of Chinese and Polynesians			195,948