Education of Children.—School Attendance, 1891., TABLE XII.—Showing the Number of Children at various Ages between 3 and 15 Years of Age receiving Secular Institution at School or at Home, and their Proportion to the whole Population between 3 and 15 Years of Age.
Ages.	All Ages 3 to 15.			Scholars receiving Instruction									Residue.
	All Ages 3 to 15.			At State Schools.			At Private Schools.			At Home.			Residue.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total	44,528	22,515	22,013	14,722	7,815	6,907	7,179	3,380	3,799	3,936	1,734	2,202	18,691	9,586	9,105
Per cent	100.00	100.00	100.00	33.06	34.72	31.27	16.12	15.01	17.26	8.84	7.70	10.11	41.98	42.57	41.36
Receiving Instruction	25,837	12,929	12,908	14,722	7,815	6,907	7,179	3,380	3,799	3,936	1,734	2,202
Residue	18,691	9,586	9,105										18,691	9,586	9,105
3 years and under 4	4,324	2,144	2,180	23	15	8	25	14	11	217	84	133	4,059	2,031	2,028
4 - 5	4,344	2,208	2,136	208	112	96	156	84	72	350	143	207	3,630	1,869	1,761
5 - 6	4,081	2,117	1,964	631	362	269	473	243	230	481	226	255	2,496	1,286	1,210
6 - 7	4,158	2,105	2,053	1,197	623	574	717	347	370	541	263	278	1,703	872	831
7 - 8	3,879	1,952	1,927	1,680	889	791	859	423	436	474	218	256	866	422	444
8 - 9	3,707	1,887	1,820	1,926	1,046	880	823	393	430	403	183	220	555	265	290
9 - 10	3,574	1,818	1,756	1,955	1,062	893	823	352	471	355	171	184	441	233	208
10 - 11	3,619	1,724	1,895	2,024	1,037	987	812	344	468	332	145	187	451	198	253
11 - 12	3,261	1,617	1,644	1,814	965	849	726	324	402	253	98	155	468	230	236
12 - 13	3,415	1,701	1,714	1,662	856	806	750	338	412	234	88	146	769	419	350
13 - 14	2,996	1,567	1,429	1,008	546	462	557	293	264	171	73	98	1,260	655	605
4 - 15	3,170	1,675	1,495	594	302	292	458	225	233	125	42	83	1,993	1,106	887
5 - 15	35,860	18,163	17,697	14,491	7,688	6,803	6,998	3,282	3,716	3,369	1,507	1,862	11,002	5,686	5,316
6 - 15	31,779	16,046	15,733	13,860	7,326	6,534	6,525	3,039	3,486	2,888	1,281	1,607	8,506	4,400	4,106
7 - 14	24,451	12,266	12,185	12,069	6,401	5,668	5,350	2,467	2,883	2,222	976	1,246	4,810	2,422	2,388
7 - 13	21,455	10,699	10,756	11,061	5,855	5,206	4,793	2,174	2,619	2,051	903	1,148	3,550	1,767	1,783