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.
		1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.	1891.	1901.
REMAINDER OF STATE—continued.
TOTAL—
Read and write	M	2,836	3,123			199	217	292	249	2,345	2,657
	F	834	760			188	204	88	123	558	423
Read only	M	78	73			27	19	7	4	44	50
	F	51	28			35	19		1	16	8
Cannot read	M	629	425	280	175	102	94	33	5	214	151
	F	377	264	235	155	105	85	3	1	34	23
Total	M	3,543	3,621	280	175	328	330	332	258	2,603	2,858
	F	1,262	1,052	235	155	328	308	91	125	608	464
NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Read and write	M	920	2,505			19	64	38	49	863	2,392
	F	165	235			21	28	27	34	117	173
Read only	M	16	44			6	9	1	2	9	33
	F	2	5		1	2	3				1
Cannot read	M	3,624	1,060	60	69	33	57	156	29	3,375	905
	F	171	247	55	67	22	60	33	43	61	77
Total	M	4,560	3,609	60	69	58	130	195	80	4,247	3,330
	F	338	487	55	68	45	91	60	77	178	251
SHIPPING.
Read and write	M	3,549	3,381			113	36	504	444	2,932	2,901
	F	470	440			42	39	61	36	367	365
Read only	M	63	21				2			63	19
	F	1	1				1			1
Cannot read	M	870	612	51	40	11	19	99	44	709	509
	F	154	52	38	38	12	6	13	2	91	6
Total	M	4,482	4,014	51	40	124	57	603	488	3,704	3,429
	F	625	493	38	38	54	46	74	38	459	371
GRAND TOTAL.
Read and write	M	122,583	147,513			29,519	34,896	17,839	23,268	75,225	89,349
	F	113,931	143,235			28,772	34,555	18,465	23,684	66,694	84,996
Read only	M	4,176	3,706		28	2,331	2,148	107	80	1,738	1,450
	F	5,395	4,577		33	2,287	2,081	57	42	3,051	2,421
Cannot read	M	40,042	33,203	23,015	20,232	9,139	7,905	532	277	7,356	4,789
	F	34,304	30,370	22,266	19,784	8,849	7,575	167	163	3,022	2,848
Total	M	166,801	184,422	23,015	20,260	40,989	44,949	18,478	23,625	84,319	95,588
	F	153,630	178,182	22,266	19,817	39,908	44,211	18,689	23,889	72,767	90,265