Absolute and Relative Increase since 1891.,TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Persons belonging to the principal Religious Denominations in the years 1891 and 1901, according to the Census Returns for 1891 and 1901 respectively ; also showing the absolute and relative Increase and Decrease in the interval of the two Census Periods.
DENOMINATIONS. NUMBER. INCREASE OR DECREASE, 1891-1901.
1891. 1901. Absolute. Per cent.
Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
Total 146,667 172,475 25,808
Total specified 141,493 169,095 27,602 19.51
Baptists 3,285 4,716 1,431 43.55
Church of England 76,082 83,812 7,730 10.15
Church of Rome 25,805 30,314 4,509 17.50
Independents 4,501 5,544 1,043 23.17
Methodists 17,150 24,961 7,811 45.55
Presbyterians 9,756 11,523 1,767 18.12
Society of Friends 176 179 3 1.75
Jews 84 107 23 27.38
Mahomedans, Buddhists, and other Non-Christian Sects 1,001 452 549 54.84
Other Denominations 3,653 7,487 3,834 104.94