Table No. CXXXIX.,SHOWING the proportion per Cent. the NUMBERS of each RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION bear to the TOTAL PERSONS, MALES and FEMALES, at the CENSUS ENUMERATIONS of 1861, 1864, 1868, 1871, 1876, and 1881 respectively.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. 1861. 1864.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Church of England 44.64 45.90 42.73 41.79 43.14 39.70
Church of Rome 25.54 23.16 29.14 26.21 24.76 28.48
Presbyterian Church 12.31 12.18 12.51 13.60 13.35 13.98
Wesleyan Methodist Church 4.77 4.28 5.53 5.06 4.45 6.01
Congregational and Independent Church 2.33 2.09 2.70 2.47 2.26 2.79
Baptist Church
Primitive Methodist Church
United Methodist Free Church
Lutheran Church
Other Christian Sects 7.86 8.46 6.94 8.81 9.04 8.46
Hebrew Church 0.16 0.17 0.15 0.25 0.27 0.21
Mahometans and Pagans 1.35 2.23 0.01 0.77 1.26 0.01
Other Religions
Object to state
No Religion
Unspecified 1.04 1.53 0.29 1.04 1.47 0.36