School Attendance., TABLE VIII.—Number of Children and young Persons from 3 to 20 Years of Age (not including the latter) receiving Secular Instruction at School or at Home, as returned on the Census Schedules, 3rd April, 1881 ; and their Proportion per cent. to the whole Population at the same respective Ages.

		Abecizis Numbers.					Proportions per cent.
		Total, 3 - 20.	3 - 7.	7 - 14.	14 - 16.	16 - 20.	Total, 3 - 20.	3 - 7.	7 - 14.	14 - 16.	16 - 20.
At Schools receiving Government aid	Males	5,547	1,064	4,207	248	28	22.95	17.04	42.64	9.05	0.52
	Females	4,449	788	3,338	284	39	19.00	13.53	36.05	10.81	0.73
	Persons	9,996	1,852	7,645	532	67	21.06	15.34	39.05	9.92	0.62
At Private Schools	Males	3,164	746	2,050	270	98	13.09	11.95	20.92	9.86	1.82
	Females	3,608	686	2,471	321	130	15.48	11.78	25.94	12.22	2.44
	Persons	6,772	1,432	4,521	591	228	14.26	11.87	25.40	11.61	2.13
Receiving instruction at Home	Males	2,689	1,025	1,373	186	105	11.13	13.41	14.01	5.79	1.95
	Females	3,159	1,029	1,702	232	186	13.56	17.83	17.87	8.83	3.49
	Persons	5,848	2,064	3,075	418	291	12.32	17.10	15.91	7.79	2.72
Receiving instruction at Schools and at Home	Males	11,400	2,835	7,630	704	231	47.17	45.40	77.87	26.70	4.29
	Females	11,216	2,513	7,511	837	355	48.13	43.14	73.86	31.66	6.08
	Persons	22,616	5,248	15,141	1,541	586	47.64	44.31	78.26	23.72	5.47