TABLE VIII.—COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the NUMBER of MALES and FEMALES, at STATED PERIODS of AGE, in the undermentioned DIVISIONS of the STATE, who can READ and WRITE, READ ONLY, and CANNOT READ, at DATES of CENSUS, 1891 and 1901 respectively (exclusive of ABORIGINES).,—continued,
PERIODS OF AGE.		REMAINDER OF STATE.
		Persons.		Read and Write.		Read Only.		Cannot Read.
		1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.
All ages	M	3,543	3,621	2,836	3,123	78	73	629	425
All ages	F	1,262	1,052	834	760	51	28	377	264
Under 5 years	M	280	175					280	175
Under 5 years	F	235	155					235	155
5 years	M	39	33		2	2		37	31
5 years	F	52	36	4		4	1	44	35
6 years	M	24	32	4	7	4	4	16	21
6 years	F	50	29	6	8	12	2	32	19
7 years	M	36	36	12	14	7	6	17	16
7 years	F	39	47	16	26	8	6	15	15
8 years	M	31	40	18	26	7	4	6	10
8 years	F	35	32	25	18	4	5	6	9
9 years	M	33	28	24	22	1	2	8	4
9 years	F	34	32	27	28	2	2	5	2
10 years	M	24	37	18	33	1	1	5	3
10 years	F	27	37	26	33		2	1	2
11 years	M	34	25	30	22	1	1	3	2
11 years	F	27	25	24	23	3			2
12 years	M	35	39	30	36	1	1	4	2
12 years	F	28	18	27	17		1	1
13 years	M	27	35	23	32	2		2	3
13 years	F	11	26	11	26
14 years	M	45	25	40	23	1		4	2
14 years	F	25	26	22	25	2		1	1
5 and under 15 years	M	328	330	199	217	27	19	102	94
5 and under 15 years	F	328	308	188	204	35	19	105	85
15 and under 20 years	M	228	213	204	205	5	3	19	5
15 and under 20 years	F	79	108	76	106		1	3	1
20 and under 21 years	M	104	45	88	44	2	1	14
20 and under 21 years	F	12	17	12	17
15 and under 21 years	M	332	258	292	249	7	4	33	5
15 and under 21 years	F	91	125	88	123		1	3	1
Under 21 years	M	940	763	491	466	34	23	415	274
Under 21 years	F	654	588	276	327	35	20	343	241
21 and under 25 years	M	349	463	313	439	8	6	28	18
21 and under 25 years	F	121	78	115	74	1		5	4
25 and under 30 years	M	456	550	409	529	3	2	44	19
25 and under 30 years	F	163	84	152	82	2		9	2
30 and under 35 years	M	519	410	460	383	11	6	48	21
30 and under 35 years	F	118	71	111	66	3	1	4	4
35 and under 40 years	M	397	370	364	338	1	11	32	21
35 and under 40 years	F	87	86	78	82	4	1	5	3
40 and under 45 years	M	278	365	251	325	8	12	19	28
40 and under 45 years	F	40	56	38	54		1	2	1
45 and under 50 years	M	250	258	227	246	6	4	17	8
45 and under 50 years	F	34	41	30	38	2	1	2	2
50 and under 55 years	M	173	192	159	176	5	5	9	11
50 and under 55 years	F	20	21	15	18	1	2	4	1
55 and under 60 years	M	100	122	90	114		2	10	6
55 and under 60 years	F	14	12	11	9	2	1	1	2
60 and under 65 years	M	54	64	48	55	2	2	4	7
60 and under 65 years	F	6	4	6	1				3
65 and under 70 years	M	14	37	13	29			1	8
65 and under 70 years	F	3	5	2	4			1	1
70 and under 75 years	M	9	17	8	15			1	2
70 and under 75 years	F	1	3		2		1	1
75 and under 80 years	M	3	8	3	7				1
75 and under 80 years	F	1	1		1	1
80 and under 85 years	M	1	2		1			1	1
80 and under 85 years	F		2		2
85 and upwards	M
85 and upwards	F
21 years and upwards	M	2,603	2,858	2,345	2,657	44	50	214	151
21 years and upwards	F	608	464	558	433	16	8	34	23