SUMMARY BY ELECTORAL PROVINCES., TABLE VIII.—Showing the Religions of Persons, Males and Females, living in each Electoral Province.
| Religious Denominations. |
Total of Provinces. |
Central Provinces. |
South Provinces. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Church of England and Episcopalian Protestants |
205,000 |
122,868 |
82,132 |
50,841 |
26,492 |
24,349 |
22,295 |
13,132 |
9,163 |
| Free Church of England |
454 |
239 |
215 |
31 |
15 |
16 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| Protestants (not otherwise defined) |
5,576 |
3,888 |
1,688 |
736 |
408 |
328 |
643 |
410 |
233 |
| Presbyterian Churches : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Presbyterian Church of Victoria |
5,052 |
2,732 |
2,320 |
1,664 |
900 |
764 |
408 |
215 |
193 |
| Church of Scotland |
36,758 |
21,881 |
14,877 |
6,243 |
3,240 |
3,003 |
4,553 |
2,615 |
1,938 |
| Free Church of Scotland and Free Presbyterians |
21,162 |
12,067 |
9,095 |
4,463 |
2,204 |
2,259 |
2,184 |
1,240 |
944 |
| United Presbyterian Church |
16,718 |
9,591 |
7,127 |
3,963 |
2,028 |
1,935 |
1,479 |
823 |
656 |
| Other Presbyterian Churches |
346 |
230 |
116 |
54 |
38 |
16 |
13 |
9 |
4 |
| Presbyterians (not otherwise defined) |
6,741 |
4,195 |
2,546 |
1,274 |
684 |
590 |
933 |
536 |
397 |
| Wesleyan Methodists : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wesleyans, Wesleyan Methodists, and Methodists |
40,750 |
22,359 |
18,391 |
7,239 |
3,603 |
3,636 |
4,298 |
2,245 |
2,053 |
| Primitive Methodists |
3,774 |
2,128 |
1,646 |
292 |
139 |
153 |
607 |
327 |
280 |
| Wesleyan Methodist Association |
1,146 |
575 |
571 |
426 |
199 |
227 |
190 |
93 |
97 |
| Bible Christians |
651 |
353 |
298 |
128 |
66 |
62 |
32 |
19 |
13 |
| Other Wesleyan Methodists |
140 |
100 |
40 |
67 |
48 |
19 |
17 |
7 |
10 |
| Independents or Congregationalists |
12,750 |
7,045 |
5,705 |
4,615 |
2,316 |
2,299 |
1,493 |
780 |
713 |
| Baptists |
8,984 |
4,975 |
4,009 |
2,818 |
1,438 |
1,380 |
1,168 |
638 |
530 |
| Lutherans and German Protestants |
9,969 |
7,549 |
2,420 |
1,141 |
775 |
366 |
1,070 |
691 |
379 |
| Unitarians |
1,428 |
987 |
441 |
498 |
314 |
184 |
152 |
89 |
63 |
| Society of Friends |
273 |
192 |
81 |
123 |
72 |
51 |
22 |
17 |
5 |
| Calvinists and Calvinistic Methodists |
647 |
489 |
158 |
80 |
56 |
24 |
33 |
26 |
7 |
| Other Persuasions |
1,256 |
792 |
464 |
442 |
236 |
206 |
207 |
124 |
83 |
| Roman Catholics |
107,382 |
53,309 |
49,073 |
24,052 |
10,801 |
13,251 |
13,109 |
7,489 |
5,620 |
| Catholics (not otherwise defined) |
2,176 |
1,243 |
933 |
331 |
122 |
209 |
253 |
161 |
92 |
| Greek Church |
238 |
225 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
| Israclites and Christian Israelites |
395 |
222 |
173 |
143 |
85 |
58 |
31 |
9 |
22 |
| Latter-day Saints or Mormons |
107 |
89 |
18 |
13 |
13 |
|
7 |
4 |
3 |
| Jews |
2,900 |
1,855 |
1,045 |
1,782 |
1,065 |
717 |
30 |
24 |
6 |
| Unsectarian, No Denomination, Secularists, &c. |
948 |
758 |
190 |
268 |
194 |
74 |
80 |
63 |
17 |
| No Religion |
441 |
398 |
43 |
63 |
54 |
9 |
19 |
18 |
1 |
| Mahomedans |
164 |
156 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
|
| Pagans (exclusive of Chinese) |
1,671 |
1,038 |
633 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
36 |
26 |
10 |
| Chinese (not Christians) |
24,552 |
24,540 |
12 |
387 |
384 |
3 |
269 |
266 |
3 |
| Unspecified (Adults) |
2,370 |
2,091 |
279 |
191 |
143 |
48 |
239 |
210 |
29 |
| Unspecified (Children) |
641 |
356 |
285 |
236 |
119 |
117 |
42 |
25 |
17 |
| Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples |
11,483 |
7,555 |
3,928 |
3,145 |
1,825 |
1,320 |
1,027 |
611 |
416 |
| Total |
535,043 |
324,070 |
210,973 |
117,777 |
60,098 |
57,679 |
56,954 |
32,955 |
23,999 |