Religion and Education., TABLE V.—Showing the Number and Proportion under each degree of Education, and in respect of each Age-group, of Persons belonging to the principal Religious Denominations, according to the Returns of the Census taken on 5 April, 1891.
Denomination. All Ages. Under 3 years. EDUCATION.
3 years and over. 3 to 15. 15 and over.
Total specified. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Total specified. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read. Total specified. Read and write. Read only. Cannot read.
Total, including Chinese 146,667 12,798 133,166 102,637 6,257 24,272 44,487 24,112 3,106 17,269 88,670 78,525 3,151 6,994
Chinese only 939 2 826 780 14 32 2 2 820 780 14 26
Total, exclusive of Chinese 145,728 12,796 132,340 101,857 6,243 24,240 44,485 24,112 3,106 17,267 87,850 77,745 3,137 6,968
CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.
Protestant Denominations—
Baptists 3,285 305 2,978 2,407 97 474 1,043 587 46 410 1,935 1,820 51 64
Christian Brethren, &c. 1,218 105 1,113 908 41 164 407 235 26 146 706 673 15 18
Episcopalians 76,082 6,836 69,181 53,326 3,244 12,611 23,560 12,724 1,681 9,155 45,620 40,602 1,563 3,455
Independents 4,501 357 4,143 3,357 119 667 1,481 833 57 591 2,662 2,524 62 76
Lutherans 421 15 406 359 22 25 55 30 8 17 349 329 14 6
Methodists 17,150 1,664 15,485 12,347 644 2,494 6,019 3,482 391 2,146 9,466 8,865 253 348
Presbyterians 9,756 720 9,029 7,605 320 1,104 2,621 1,516 179 926 6,408 6,089 141 178
Other Protestant Denominations 1,529 127 1,402 1,164 71 167 403 234 31 138 999 930 40 29
Total Protestant Denominations 113,942 10,129 103,737 81,473 4,558 17,706 35,589 19,641 2,419 13,529 68,145 61,832 2,139 4,174
Catholics 25,805 2,214 23,555 16,409 1,503 5,643 7,524 3,724 607 3,193 16,031 12,685 896 2,450
Total Christian Denominations 139,747 12,343 127,292 97,882 6,061 23,349 43,113 23,365 3,026 16,722 84,176 74,517 3,035 6,624
NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS.
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. 826 2 826 780 14 32 2 2 820 780 14 26
Mahometans and other Non-Christian Sects 259 1 258 111 3 144 20 9 3 8 238 102 136
RESIDUE* 5,147 446 4,700 3,797 172 731 1,334 729 76 529 3,364 3,068 96 200
UNSPECIFIED (as regards denomination) 688 6 90 67 7 16 18 9 1 8 72 58 6 8
Per 10,000 (specified) living.
Total specified, including Chinese 100.00 77.08 4.70 18.22 100.00 54.20 6.98 38.82 100.00 88.56 3.55 7.89
Chinese only 100.00 94.43 1.70 3.87 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.12 1.71 3.17
Total sepcified, exclusive of Chinese 100.00 76.96 4.72 18.32 100.00 54.20 6.98 38.82 100.00 88.50 3.57 7.93
Protestant Denominations—
Baptists 100.00 80.82 3.26 15.92 100.00 56.28 4.41 39.31 100.00 94.05 2.64 3.31
Christian Brethren, &c. 81.58 3.68 14.74 57.74 6.39 35.87 95.33 2.12 2.55
Episcopalians 77.08 4.69 18.23 54.01 7.13 38.86 89.00 3.43 7.57
Independents 81.03 2.87 16.10 56.24 3.85 39.91 94.82 2.33 2.85
Lutherans 88.42 5.42 6.16 54.55 14.54 30.91 94.27 4.01 1.72
Methodists 79.74 4.16 16.10 57.85 6.50 35.65 93.65 2.67 3.68
Presbyterians 84.23 3.54 12.23 57.84 6.83 35.33 95.02 2.20 2.78
Other Protestant Denominations 83.03 5.06 11.91 58.07 7.69 34.24 93.10 4.00 2.90
Total Protestant Denominations 78.54 4.39 17.07 55.19 6.80 38.01 90.74 3.14 6.12
Catholics 69.67 6.37 23.96 49.49 8.07 42.44 79.13 5.59 15.28
Total Christian Denominations 76.90 4.76 18.34 54.20 7.02 38.78 88.52 3.61 7.87
NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS.
Buddhists, Confucians, &c. 94.43 1.70 3.87 100.00 95.12 1.71 3.17
Mahometans and other Non-Christian Sects 43.03 1.16 55.81 45.00 15.00 40.00 42.85 57.15
RESIDUE* 80.79 3.66 15.55 54.65 5.70 39.65 91.20 2.85 5.95
UNSPECIFIED (as regards denomination) 74.44 7.78 17.78 50.00 5.56 44.4 80.56 8.33 11.11