Religion and Education.,TABLE VII.—Showing, in respect of the principal Religious Denominations, the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, at different Age Periods under each Degree of Education, according to the Return of the Census taken on 31st March, 1901.

Religious Denomination.		Total each Religion.	Under 5 years.	5 and under 15 Years.						15 Years and over.						All Ages.
				Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Read and Write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).	Not stated.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Read and Write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).	Not stated.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Cannot Read.	Read and Write (Foreign).	Read only (Foreign).	Not stated.
Total		172,475	20,865	32,575	1,778	8,389	1		417	100,090	2,017	5,719	466	9	149	132,665	3,795	14,108	467	9	566
Total specified as regards Education		171,898	20,054	32,576	1,778	8,389				100,556	2,026	5,719				133,132	3,804	14,108
Total specified as regards Religion		171,995	20,849	32,563	1,778	8,388			417	100,211	2,021	5,693	2		75	132,774	3,799	14,081	2		492
Church of England*	Males	45,075	5,386	8,089	454	2,305			111	26,098	519	2,043	44	1	25	34,187	1,005	9,702	44	1	136
	Females	41,361	5,187	7,994	436	2,088			93	24,025	473	1,040	14		11	32,019	939	8,285	14		104
	Persons	86,436	10,573	16,083	890	4,393			204	50,123	992	3,083	58	1	36	66,206	1,944	17,987	58	1	240
Church of Rome†	Males	15,663	1,879	2,827	192	797	1		43	8,773	229	884	28	1	9	11,600	425	3,556	29	1	52
	Females	14,661	1,777	2,840	152	791			43	7,934	300	809	9	1	5	10,774	458	3,371	9	1	48
	Persons	30,324	3,656	5,667	344	1,588	1		86	16,707	529	1,693	37	2	14	22,374	883	6,927	38	2	100
Presbyterians	Males	5,871	619	1,021	50	200			7	3,858	33	79	1		3	4,879	85	889	1		17
	Females	5,652	620	1,054	53	201			12	3,591	59	59	3			4,645	113	879	3		12
	Persons	11,523	1,239	2,075	103	401			19	7,449	92	138	4		3	9,524	198	1,768	4		29
Methodists	Males	12,655	1,685	2,639	141	631			34	7,133	106	267	14	1	4	9,772	251	2,579	14	1	38
	Females	12,306	1,592	2,593	128	602			36	7,092	116	139	6	1	1	9,685	253	2,324	6	1	37
	Persons	24,961	3,277	5,232	269	1,233			70	14,225	222	406	20	2	5	19,457	504	4,903	20	2	75
Baptists	Males	2,038	275	480	26	96			9	1,075	15	50	12			1,555	41	417	12		13
	Females	2,292	249	448	18	106			9	1,414	21	24	2		1	1,862	39	379	2		10
	Persons	4,330	524	928	44	202			18	2,489	36	74	14		1	3,417	80	796	14		23
Independents	Males	2,705	317	560	24	103			7	1,621	15	57			1	2,181	39	477			8
	Females	2,839	271	546	12	88			2	1,869	26	25				2,415	39	383			2
	Persons	5,544	588	1,106	36	191			9	3,490	41	82			1	4,596	78	860			10
Lutherans	Males	96	4	3		3				59	3	4	17	2	1	62	3	11	17	2	1
	Females	291	6	5		3				232	6	3	33	1	2	237	6	12	33	1	2
	Persons	387	10	8		6				291	9	7	50	3	3	299	9	23	50	3	3
Christian Brethern, &c.	Males	809	126	161	9	39			1	453	7	10	2		1	614	16	175	2		2
	Females	958	111	203	14	39			2	569	11	6	2		1	772	25	156	2		3
	Persons	1,767	237	364	23	78			3	1,022	18	16	4		2	1,386	41	331	4		5
Other Christian Denominations	Males	1,177	144	232	24	60			2	665	16	27	6		1	897	40	231	6		3
	Females	1,161	115	252	19	46			1	689	20	14	4		1	941	39	175	4		2
	Persons	2,338	259	484	43	106			3	1,354	36	41	10		2	1,838	79	406	10		5
Buddhists, Confucians, and other Chinese Sects	Males	339	8	5		2				38	3	38	238	1	6	43	3	48	238	1	6
	Females	14	2	4		2				2			4			6		4	4
	Persons	353	10	9		4				40	3	38	242	1	6	49	3	52	242	1	6
Mahometans and other Non-Christian Religions	Males	118	10	12	2	2				80	1	6	5			92	3	18	5
	Females	88	11	18	1	5				51		2				69	1	18
	Persons	206	21	30	3	7				131	1	8	5			161	4	36	5
Residue of Population	Males	2,455	238	299	12	82			1	1,703	19	82	18		1	2,002	32	401	18		2
	Females	1,371	217	277	11	97			4	723	14	25	2		1	1,000	25	339	2		5
	Persons	3,826	455	576	23	179			5	2,426	33	107	20		2	3,002	57	740	20		7
Unspecified	Males	428	9	8		1				321	4	20	2		63	329	4	30	2		63
	Females	52	7	5						22	1	6			11	27	1	13			11
	Persons	480	16	13		1				343	5	26	2		74	356	5	43	2		74