Proportion Per Cent. of Persons of principal Religious Denominations in 1891 and 1901.

Denomination.	1891.		1901.		Increase or Decrease since 1891.
	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.
Church of England	73,169	51.71	83,812	49.58	10,643	14.55
Church of Rome	25,800	18.24	30,314	17.93	4,514	17.50
Methodists	17,150	12.12	24,961	14.76	7,811	45.45
Presbyterians	9,756	6.89	11,523	6.82	1,767	18.12
Independents	4,501	3.18	5,544	3.28	1,043	23.17
Baptists	3,285	2.32	4,716	2.78	1,431	4.35
Salvation Army	1,216	0.86	1,454	0.86	238	19.57
Society of Friends	176	0.12	179	0.11	3	1.70
Other Christian Sects	4,694	3.33	5,107	3.02	413	8.79
Jews	84	0.06	107	0.06	23	27.38
Mahomedans, Buddhists, and other Non-Christian Sects	1,001	0.71	452	0.26	- 549	- 54.84
Others	661	0.46	926	0.54	265	4.00
Total specified	141,493	100.00	169,095	100.00	27,602	19.51