Relatve Proportions.,TABLE IV.—Showing the percentage proportion of Persons belonging to the principal Religious Denominations, based upon the Numbers ascertained at the Censuses of 1870 and 1901 respectively*.
| Denomination. |
1870. |
1891. |
1901. |
| Total specified |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Baptists |
0.94 |
2.32 |
2.79 |
| Church of England |
53.41 |
53.77 |
49.55 |
| Church of Rome |
22.24 |
18.24 |
17.93 |
| Independents |
3.96 |
3.18 |
3.28 |
| Methodists |
7.23 |
12.12 |
14.76 |
| Presbyterians |
9.12 |
6.89 |
6.82 |
| Society of Friends |
0.08 |
0.12 |
0.11 |
| Jews |
0.23 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
| Mahomedans, Buddhists, and other Non-Christian Religions |
2.79 |
0.71 |
0.27 |
| Others |
2.79 |
2.59 |
4.43 |