TABLE IV.—Showing the Numerical and Proportional INCREASE of each of the principal RELIGIOUS BODIES in 1857, as compared with 1854, arranged in the order of numbers.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.	NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF EACH DENOMINATION.		INCREASE.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.	1857.	1854.	Numerical.	Proportional.
1. Church of England	159,677	99,978	59,699	59.71
2. Roman Catholics	70,926	40,711	30,215	74.24
3. Church of Scotland	28,154	16,924	11,230	66.35
4. Wesleyans (not otherwise defined)	25,021	13,989	11,032	78.86
5. Free Church of Scotland	19,559	12,033	7,526	62.54
6. Protestants (not otherwise defined)	15,520	8,024	7,496	93.42
7. Indepedents or Congregationalists	10,858	7,709	3,149	40.85
8. United Presbyterians	9,421	2,841	6,580	231.61
9. Presbyterians (not otherwise defined)	8,545	10,243	Decrease
10. Lutherans	6,574	3,014	3,560	118.11
11. Baptists	6,484	4,727	1,757	37.17
12. Catholics (not otherwise defined)	6,425	4,400	2,025	46.02
13. Jews	2,208	1,547	661	42.72
14. Primitive Methodists	2,067	738	1,329	180.08
15. Unitarians	1,480	1,180	300	25.42
16. Wesleyan Methodist Association	791	304	487	160.19
17. Calvinistic Methodists and Calvinists	468	210	258	122.86
18. Society of Friends	329	221	108	48.87
19. Bible Christians	268	87	181	208.05
20. Latter Day Saints or Mormons	211	132	79	59.85
21. New Church or Swedenborgians	189	88	101	114.77
22. Universalists	147	182	Decrease
23. Greek Church	129	65	64	98.46
24. Catholic and Apostolic Church	125	75	50	66.67
25. Plymouth Brethren or Christians	116	181	Decrease
26. Moravians	57	57	0