Religion and Education., TABLE VII.—Showing in respect of the principal Religious Denominations the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, at different Age Periods under each Degree of Education, according to the Returns of the Census taken on 5th April, 1891.

Religious Denomination.		Total each Religion.	Under 3 years.	3 and under 15 Years.						15 Years and over.						All Ages.
				Read and write.	Read only.	Cannot read.	Read and write, (Foreign).	Read only, (Foreign).	Not stated.	Read and write.	Read only.	Cannot read.	Read and write, (Foreign).	Read only, (Foreign).	Not stated.	Read and write.	Read only.	Cannot read.	Read and write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).	Not stated.
Total Persons, including Chinese		146,667	12,798	24,111	3,106	17,269	1		40	77,637	3,142	6,994	888	9	672	101,748	6,248	24,263	889	9	712
Chinese only		939	2			2				42	10	26	738	4	117	42	10	28	738	4	117
Total Persons exclusive of Chinese		145,728	12,796	24,111	3,106	17,267	1		40	7,595	3,132	6,968	150	5	555	101,706	6,238	24,235	151	5	595
Episcopalians	Males	40,439	3,460	6,298	906	4,697			15	21,827	847	2,339	31		19	28,125	1,753	7,036	31		34
	Females	35,643	3,376	6,426	775	4,458			13	18,721	715	1,116	23	1	19	25,147	1,490	5,574	23	1	32
	Persons	76,082	6,836	12,724	1,681	9,155			28	40,548	1,562	3,455	54	1	38	53,272	3,243	12,610	54	1	66
Roman Catholics	Males	13,227	1,159	1,811	311	1,648	1		7	6,663	380	1,214	22		11	8,474	691	2,862	23		18
	Females	12,578	1,055	1,912	296	1,545			5	5,988	516	1,236	12		13	7,900	812	2,781	12		18
	Persons	25,805	2,214	3,723	607	3,193	1		12	12,651	896	2,450	34		24	16,374	1,503	5,643	35		36
Presbyterians	Males	4,962	361	727	88	458				3,179	49	98			2	3,906	137	556			2
	Females	4,794	359	789	91	468				2,908	92	80	2		5	3,697	183	548	2		5
	Persons	9,756	720	1,516	179	926				6,087	141	178	2		7	7,603	320	1,104	2		7
Methodists	Males	8,665	823	1,753	218	1,070				4,456	133	209	3			6,209	351	1,279	3
	Females	8,485	841	1,729	173	1,076				4,402	120	139	4		1	6,131	293	1,215	4		1
	Persons	17,150	1,664	3,482	391	2,146				8,858	253	348	7		1	12,340	644	2,494	7		1
Baptists	Males	1,541	149	282	22	220				807	23	37	1			1,089	45	257	1
	Females	1,744	156	305	24	190				1,010	28	27	2		2	1,315	52	217	2		2
	Persons	3,285	305	587	46	410				1,817	51	64	3		2	2,404	97	474	3		2
Independents	Males	2,242	178	405	26	370				1,187	28	48				1,592	54	418
	Females	2,259	179	428	31	221				1,337	34	28			1	1,765	65	249			1
	Persons	4,501	357	833	57	591				2,524	62	76			1	1,765	65	249			1
Lutherans	Males	303	5	16	5	5				237	8	2	24	1		253	13	7	24	1
	Females	118	10	14	3	12				60	4	4	8	1	2	74	7	16	8	1	2
	Persons	421	15	30	8	17				297	12	6	32	2	2	327	20	23	32	2	2
Christian Brethren, &c.	Males	587	48	128	15	74				306	5	11				434	20	85
	Females	631	57	107	11	72				367	10	7				474	21	79
	Persons	1,218	105	235	26	146				673	15	18				908	41	164
Other Christian Denominations	Males	790	67	127	11	67				485	15	17	1			612	26	84	1
	Females	739	60	107	20	71				443	25	12	1			550	45	83	1
	Persons	1,529	127	234	31	138				928	40	29	2			1,162	71	167	2
Buddhists, Confucians, and other Chinese Sects	Males	818								42	10	24	736	4	2	42	10	24	736	4	2
	Females	8	2			2						2	2					4	2
	Persons	826	2			2				42	10	26	738	4	2	42	10	28	738	4	2
Mahometans and other Non-Christian Religions	Males	219		5	3	6				61		136	8			66	3	142	8
	Females	40	1	4		2				33						37		2
	Persons	259	1	9	3	8				94		136	8			103	3	144	8
Residue	Males	3,129	234	393	41	277				1,951	58	165	6	2	2	2,344	99	442	6	2	2
	Females	2,018	212	336	35	252				1,110	36	35	1		1	1,446	71	287	1		1
	Persons	5,147	446	729	76	529				3,061	94	200	7	2	3	3,790	170	729	7	2	3
Unspecified	Males	638	3	2		6				42	5	5	1		574	44	5	9	1		574
	Females	50	3	7	1	2				15	1	3			18	22	2	5			18
	Persons	688	6	9	1	8				57	6	8	1		592	66	7	16	1		592