Proportion of Persons per 10,000 of the Population 5 Years of Age and over who could Read and Write, Read only, and who could not Read in the seven Australasian States in the Census years 1881, 1891, and 1901.
  
    
      | Degree of Education. | Per 10,000 Persons. | 
    
      | 1881. | 1891. | 1901. | 
  
  
    
      | Seven States of Australasia— |  |  |  | 
    
      | Read and write | 8,270 | 8,804 | 8,710 | 
    
      | Read only | 689 | 393 | 225 | 
    
      | Cannot read | 1,041 | 803 | 1,065 | 
    
      | TOTAL | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 
    
      | Tasmania compared— |  |  |  | 
    
      | Read and write | 7,523 | 8,237 | 8,814 | 
    
      | Read only | 946 | 492 | 251 | 
    
      | Cannot read | 1,531 | 1,271 | 935 | 
    
      | TOTAL | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |