TABLE X.—COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the DEGREE of EDUCATION possessed by MALES and FEMALES at STATED PERIODS of AGE, in each DIVISION of the STATE, at DATES of CENSUS 1891 and 1901 respectively (exclusive of ABORIGINES)—continued.
Division and County.		All Ages.		Under 5 Years.		5 to 14 Years.		15 to 20 Years.		21 Years and upwards.
Division and County.		1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.
III.—UPPER NORTH—continued.
COUNTY—
HANSON—
Read and write	M	271	209			61	54	45	33	165	122
Read and write	F	159	175			41	52	36	33	82	90
Read only	M	17	11			12	7			5	4
Read only	F	10	3			10	3
Cannot read	M	54	49	44	25	4	16			6	8
Cannot read	F	38	42	29	28	8	11			1	3
Total	M	342	269	44	25	77	77	45	33	176	134
Total	F	207	220	29	28	59	66	36	33	83	93
HERBERT—
Read and write	M	495	466			84	153	68	47	343	266
Read and write	F	306	400			83	128	53	63	170	209
Read only	M	17	11			10	7	1	1	6	3
Read only	F	17	22			9	15			8	7
Cannot read	M	172	128	101	79	33	38			38	11
Cannot read	F	124	113	70	61	44	36	2	2	8	14
Total	M	684	605	101	79	127	198	69	48	387	280
Total	F	447	535	70	61	136	179	55	65	186	230
LYTTON—
Read and write	M	306	97			49	15	29	10	228	72
Read and write	F	129	27			22	7	19	7	88	13
Read only	M	14	3			9	1			5	2
Read only	F	10	1			5				5	1
Cannot read	M	74	12	47	8	14	1			13	3
Cannot read	F	70	8	47	4	16	3	1		6	1
Total	M	394	112	47	8	72	17	29	10	246	77
Total	F	209	36	47	4	43	10	20	7	99	15
NEWCASTLE—
Read and write	M	1,106	1,165			236	314	157	172	713	679
Read and write	F	909	1,111			218	326	170	187	521	598
Read only	M	33	30			17	20	2	1	14	9
Read only	F	26	45		3	14	23	1		11	19
Cannot read	M	436	314	274	185	115	91	7	3	40	35
Cannot read	F	380	289	245	185	109	84	5		21	20
Total	M	1,575	1,509	274	185	368	425	166	176	767	723
Total	F	1,315	1,445	245	188	341	433	176	187	553	637
TAUNTON—
Read and write	M	289	200			32	35	22	29	235	136
Read and write	F	135	131			31	36	25	16	79	79
Read only	M	7	9			4	6			3	3
Read only	F	10	4			4				6	4
Cannot read	M	74	59	27	27	31	17	1		15	15
Cannot read	F	59	36	36	24	14	7	1		8	5
Total	M	370	268	27	27	67	58	23	29	253	154
Total	F	204	171	36	24	49	43	26	16	93	88
TOTAL—
Read and write	M	10,319	9,964			2,246	2,701	1,526	1,612	6,547	5,651
Read and write	F	7,695	9,135			2,066	2,655	1,351	1,610	4,278	4,870
Read only	M	351	326		3	211	218	16	10	124	95
Read only	F	362	361		6	180	199	4	1	178	155
Cannot read	M	3,370	2,528	2,095	1,496	892	688	32	21	351	323
Cannot read	F	3,075	2,383	1,974	1,502	836	671	24	11	241	199
Total	M	14,040	12,818	2,095	1,499	3,349	3,607	1,574	1,643	7,022	6,069
Total	F	11,132	11,879	1,974	1,508	3,082	3,525	1,379	1,622	4,697	5,224
IV.—SOUTH-EASTERN.
COUNTY—
BUCCLEUCH—
Read and write	M		103				22		21		60
Read and write	F		80				32		9		39
Read only	M		2								2
Read only	F		2				1				1
Cannot read	M		21		16		4				1
Cannot read	F		19		13		6
Total	M		126		16		26		21		63
Total	F		101		13		39		9		40
BUCKINGHAM—
Read and write	M	665	671			176	178	93	106	396	387
Read and write	F	569	683			168	185	92	135	309	363
Read only	M	26	15			19	11	2		5	4
Read only	F	25	17		1	17	7			8	9
Cannot read	M	227	145	147	90	60	46		3	20	6
Cannot read	F	254	173	160	111	85	56	1	1	8	5
Total	M	918	831	147	90	255	235	95	109	421	397
Total	F	848	873	160	112	270	248	93	136	325	377