Proportion per cent. of Persons of principal Religious Denominations in 1870 and 1891.

Denomination.	1870.		1891.		Increase or Decrease—since 1870.
	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.
Church of England	53,047	53.41	73,169	51.71	20,117	37.92
Church of Rome	22,091	22.24	25,800	18.24	3,709	16.79
Methodists	7,187	7.23	17,150	12.12	9,963	138.62
Presbyterians	9,064	9.12	9,756	6.89	692	7.64
Independents	3,931	3.96	4,501	3.18	570	14.50
Baptists	931	0.94	3,285	2.32	2,354	252.90
Salvation Army			1,216	0.86	1,216
Society of Friends	82	0.08	176	0.12	94	114.63
Jews	232	0.23	84	0.06	-148	-63.79
Mahometans, Buddhists, and other Non-Christian Sects	4	0.00	1,001	0.71	997	2492.5
Others	2,759	2.79	2,437	1.73	-322	-11.67
Total specified	99,328	100.00	141,493	100.00	42,165	42.44