Education at successive Censuses., TABLE I.—Showing the Proportion per cent. of all Persons specified under the various degrees of Education relative to the Total Numbers specified under the principal Age-groups at the four last Census Periods.
Per cent. to Total specified of each Age-group.
Census Periods.	All Ages.			Under 10.			10 and under 20.			20 and over.
Census Periods.	Read and write.	Read only.	Cannot read.	Read and write.	Read only.	Cannot read.	Read and write.	Read only.	Cannot read.	Read and write.	Read only.	Cannot read.
1861	53.66	14.60	31.74
1870	56.32	14.04	29.64
1881	64.65	8.40	26.95	24.46	10.92	64.62	92.64	3.94	3.42	78.99	7.94	13.07
1891	70.26	4.36	25.38	26.29	7.46	66.25	96.78	1.54	1.68	87.36	3.95	8.69
1901	77.47	2.26	20.07	28.89	3.79	67.32	96.35	0.99	2.66	92.10	2.09	5.81
Per cent. to Total specified under each degree of Education.
1861	100.00	100.00	100.00
1870	100.00	100.00	100.00
1881	100.00	100.00	100.00	8.12	38.94	74.53	31.07	14.19	3.99	60.81	46.87	21.48
1891	100.00	100.00	100.00	8.75	50.10	81.80	26.32	8.48	1.70	64.93	41.42	16.50
1901	100.00	100.00	100.00	9.22	41.43	82.02	28.64	10.15	3.02	62.14	48.42	14.96