Table No. CL., 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, 1881, and 1886 respectively.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. 1861. 1864. 1868.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Church of England 44.64 45.90 42.73 41.79 43.14 39.70 37.50 37.59 37.35
Church of Rome 25.54 23.16 29.14 26.21 24.76 28.48 26.51 24.47 29.68
Presbyterian Church 12.31 12.18 12.51 13.60 13.35 13.98 13.27 12.99 13.72
Wesleyan Methodist Church 4.77 4.28 5.53 5.06 4.45 6.01 5.21 4.63 6.11
Wesleyan
Congregational and Independent Church 2.33 2.09 2.70 2.47 2.26 2.79 2.14 1.95 2.44
Baptist Church 2.09 1.73 2.65
Primitive Methodist Church
Methodist
United Methodist Free Church
Lutheran Church 6.35 6.48 6.14
Other Protestants
Other Christian sects 7.86 8.46 6.94 8.81 9.04 8.46 1.99 2.46 1.25
Hebrew Church 0.16 0.17 0.15 0.25 0.27 0.21 0.25 0.27 0.21
Mahometans and Pagans 1.35 2.23 0.01 0.77 1.26 0.01 2.51 4.11 0.02
Other Religions
Object to state
No Religion
Unspecified 1.04 1.53 0.29 1.04 1.47 0.36 2.18 3.32 0.43