TABLE II.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religious Denominations, living in Victoria in 1854, 1857, and 1861, and the Numerical and proportionate Increase or Diminution of each Denomination in the interval between each of those periods.
| Religious Denominations. |
Numbers, 1857. |
Increase or Decrease from 1857 to 1857. |
Numbers, 1857. |
Increase or Decrease from 1857 to 1861. |
Numbers, 1861. |
| Numerical. |
Rate per cent. |
Numerical. |
Rate per cent. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Israelites and Christian Israelites |
|
|
|
307 |
|
|
Infinite |
|
|
307 |
186 |
121 |
88 |
36 |
52 |
28.66 |
19.35 |
42.97 |
395 |
222 |
173 |
| Latter-day Saints or Mormons |
132 |
|
|
76 |
|
|
57.57 |
|
|
208 |
164 |
44 |
-100 |
-74 |
-26 |
-48.08 |
-45.12 |
-59.09 |
108 |
90 |
18 |
| Jews |
1,547 |
|
|
634 |
|
|
40.98 |
|
|
[Illegible] |
1,516 |
665 |
722 |
341 |
381 |
33.10 |
22.49 |
57.29 |
2,903 |
1,857 |
1,046 |
| Unsectarian, No Denomination, Secularists, &c. |
171 |
|
|
1,235 |
|
|
722.22 |
|
|
1,406 |
1,194 |
212 |
-454 |
-433 |
-21 |
-32.28 |
-36.26 |
-9.90 |
952 |
761 |
191 |
| No Religion |
3,814 |
|
|
24,848 |
|
|
651.50 |
|
|
1,158 |
1,073 |
85 |
-717 |
-675 |
-42 |
-61.92 |
-62.91 |
-49.41 |
441 |
398 |
43 |
| Mahomedans |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
216 |
213 |
3 |
-27 |
-35 |
8 |
-12.50 |
-16.43 |
266.66 |
189 |
178 |
11 |
| Pagans (exclusive of Chinese) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,898 |
1,370 |
528 |
-226 |
-331 |
105 |
-11.88 |
-24.16 |
19.89 |
1,672 |
1,039 |
633 |
| Chinese (not Christians) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,390 |
25,388 |
2 |
-839 |
-845 |
6 |
-3.30 |
-3.33 |
300.00 |
24,551 |
24,543 |
8 |
| Unspecified (Adults) |
2,121 |
|
|
1,184 |
|
|
55.82 |
|
|
[Illegible] |
2,590 |
409 |
-608 |
-484 |
-124 |
-20.27 |
-18.69 |
-30.32 |
2,391 |
2,106 |
285 |
| Unspecified (Children) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
306 |
160 |
146 |
336 |
197 |
139 |
109.80 |
123.12 |
95.20 |
642 |
357 |
285 |
| Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,536 |
7,607 |
3,929 |
Infinite |
Infinite |
Infinite |
11,536 |
7,607 |
3,929 |
| Unenumerated Migratory Population |
|
|
|
4,353 |
|
|
Infinite |
|
|
4,353 |
3,588 |
765 |
-992 |
-695 |
-297 |
-22.79 |
19.37 |
-38.82 |
3,361 |
2,893 |
468 |
| Total |
236,798 |
|
|
173,968 |
|
|
73.47 |
|
|
410,766 |
264,334 |
146,432 |
129,556 |
64,317 |
65,239 |
31.54 |
24.33 |
44.55 |
540,322 |
328,651 |
211,671 |