TABLE V.—Showing the Number of Persons of each RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION in the SEAPORT TOWNS, GOLD FIELDS, and RURAL DISTRICTS, and the Proportion per Cent. of each Denomination to the respective Totals of all Denominations (exclusive of Chinese and roving Aborigines).
| RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. |
NUMBER OF PERSONS. |
PROPORTION OF PERSONS. |
| Seaport Towns (including Shipping). |
Gold Fields. |
Rural Districts. |
Seaport Towns. |
Gold Fields. |
Rural Districts. |
| Church of England |
55,924 |
59,698 |
43,971 |
43.463 |
40.790 |
40.554 |
| Free Church |
113 |
38 |
70 |
0.088 |
0.026 |
0.065 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
2,154 |
9,728 |
3,626 |
1.674 |
6.647 |
3.345 |
| Scottish Presbyterians :— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Church of Scotland |
7,961 |
9,430 |
10,749 |
6.187 |
6.444 |
9.913 |
| Free Church of Scotland |
7,337 |
5,433 |
6,781 |
5.702 |
3.712 |
6.255 |
| United Presbyterian Church |
4,377 |
2,784 |
2,256 |
3.402 |
1.902 |
2.081 |
| Other Scottish Presbyterians |
94 |
91 |
71 |
0.073 |
0.062 |
0.065 |
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
1,649 |
3,937 |
2,955 |
1.282 |
2.690 |
2.725 |
| Wesleyan Methodists :— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wesleyans (not otherwise defined) |
8,843 |
11,100 |
5,067 |
6.874 |
7.584 |
4.673 |
| Primitive Methodists |
385 |
1,058 |
623 |
0.299 |
0.723 |
0.575 |
| Other Wesleyan Methodists |
669 |
256 |
292 |
0.520 |
0.175 |
0.269 |
| Independents or Congregationalists |
5,287 |
3,596 |
1,967 |
4.109 |
2.457 |
1.814 |
| Baptists |
2,906 |
2,119 |
1,456 |
2.260 |
1.447 |
1.344 |
| Lutherans |
1,330 |
3,991 |
1,249 |
1.033 |
2.727 |
1.153 |
| Unitarians |
605 |
617 |
257 |
0.470 |
0.422 |
0.236 |
| Society of Friends |
142 |
135 |
52 |
0.110 |
0.092 |
0.048 |
| Other Persuasions (Protestant) |
615 |
891 |
288 |
0.478 |
0.609 |
0.265 |
| Roman Catholics |
23,939 |
23,286 |
23,666 |
18.606 |
15.910 |
21.828 |
| Catholics (not otherwise defined) |
1,373 |
3,373 |
1,672 |
1.067 |
2.305 |
1.543 |
| Greek Church |
13 |
111 |
5 |
0.010 |
0.076 |
0.005 |
| Israelites and Christians Israelites |
174 |
103 |
34 |
0.132 |
0.071 |
0.031 |
| Latter Day Saints or Mormons |
29 |
151 |
31 |
0.022 |
0.103 |
0.028 |
| Jews |
1,428 |
689 |
90 |
1.109 |
0.471 |
0.083 |
| Unsectarian, no sect, no denomination, Free Thinkers |
422 |
829 |
173 |
0.328 |
0.566 |
0.160 |
| No Religion |
217 |
823 |
134 |
0.169 |
0.562 |
0.124 |
| Mahomedans |
75 |
127 |
16 |
0.059 |
0.087 |
0.015 |
| Pagans |
28 |
37 |
74 |
0.022 |
0.025 |
0.068 |
| Unspecified Adults |
475 |
1,784 |
740 |
0.369 |
1.218 |
0.682 |
| Unspecified Children |
107 |
142 |
57 |
0.083 |
0.097 |
0.053 |
| Total |
128,671 |
146,357 |
108,422 |
100.000 |
100.000 |
100.000 |