Education of Children.—School Attendance, 1891., TABLE XIII.—Showing the Proportion of Children receiving Secular Instruction at various Ages between 3 and 15 Years respectively.
Ages.	All Ages 3 to 15.			Receiving Instruction.			Residue.
Ages.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
All ages 3 to 15				58.02	57.43	58.64	41.98	42.57	41.36
3 years and under 4	100.00	100.00	100.00	6.12	5.28	6.97	93.88	94.72	93.03
4 - 5				16.44	5.34	7.56	83.56	84.66	82.44
5 - 6				38.84	39.25	38.39	61.16	60.75	61.61
6 - 7				59.04	58.58	59.52	40.96	41.42	40.48
7 - 8				77.68	78.38	76.96	22.32	21.62	23.04
8 - 9				85.03	85.96	84.07	14.97	14.04	15.93
9 - 10				88.21	87.18	88.16	11.79	12.82	11.84
10 - 11				87.54	88.51	86.65	12.46	11.49	13.35
11 - 12				85.65	85.78	85.64	14.35	14.22	14.36
12 - 13				77.49	75.37	79.58	22.51	24.63	20.42
13 - 14				57.94	58.20	57.66	42.06	41.80	42.34
14 - 15				37.13	33.96	40.67	62.87	66.04	59.33
5 - 15	100.00	100.00	100.00	69.32	68.70	69.97	30.68	31.30	30.03
6 - 15				73.23	72.58	73.90	26.77	27.42	26.10
7 - 14				80.33	80.25	80.40	19.67	19.75	19.60
7 - 13				83.45	83.48	83.42	16.55	16.52	16.58