MINING DISTRICTS., TABLE XV.—Showing exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, and of the Migratory Population, the Degree of Education possessed by Males and Females of different Ages living on the Gold Fields in each Mining District.
Mining Districts.		All Ages.	Under 1 Year.	1 and under 2	2 and under 3	3 and under 4	4 and under 5	5 and under 6	6 and under 7	7 and under 8	8 and under 9	9 and under 10	10 and under 11	11 and under 12	12 and under 13	13 and under 14
1. ARARAT.
Read and Write	Males	4,341						6	18	20	23	31	39	23	24	28
Read and Write	Females	1,704						1	12	17	22	20	40	35	41	35
Read only	Males	497				1	20	61	40	45	28	22	6	15	10	7
Read only	Females	331				6	20	23	29	38	11	11	9	5	7	5
Cannot Read	Males	1,156	187	164	148	140	143	117	49	25	8	7	6	4	5	5
Cannot Read	Females	1,096	188	162	172	145	140	81	51	22	8	9	12	6	12	10
Education unknown	Males	26
Education unknown	Females	18
Total	Males	6,020	187	164	148	141	163	184	107	90	59	60	51	42	39	40
Total	Females	3,149	188	162	172	151	160	105	92	77	41	40	61	46	60	50
2. BALLARAT.
Read and Write	Males	22,256						32	94	206	219	258	270	253	235	228
Read and Write	Females	11,857						25	84	124	178	243	280	248	247	248
Read only	Males	3,021				53	217	331	365	260	140	89	76	47	45	41
Read only	Females	3,509				30	178	341	397	265	179	107	88	48	46	33
Cannot Read	Males	7,188	1,280	1,085	1,137	976	780	481	247	107	64	36	24	14	14	12
Cannot Read	Females	7,015	1,233	1,063	1,113	990	808	428	228	114	58	43	30	10	30	30
Education unknown	Males	228						5	9	11	5	3	3		2
Education unknown	Females	172						8	1	5	3	1		11	1
Total	Males	32,693	1,280	1,085	1,137	1,029	997	849	715	584	428	386	373	314	296	281
Total	Females	22,553	1,233	1,063	1,113	1,020	986	802	710	508	418	394	398	317	324	311
3. BEECHWORTH.
Read and Write	Males	9,400						5	13	30	38	42	66	54	59	64
Read and Write	Females	3,584						5	29	37	55	52	49	57	59	68
Read only	Males	781				7	33	62	65	47	29	39	11	8	8	5
Read only	Females	442						85	41	29	11	16	9	6	5	2
Cannot Read	Males	2,309	402	348	359	276	232	111	62	34	20	10	6	4	5	3
Cannot Read	Females	2,243	441	377	360	332	203	127	71	35	16	13	6	4	5	2
Education unknown	Males	42									2
Education unknown	Females	18							1		2		3		1
Total	Males	12,532	402	348	359	283	265	178	140	111	89	91	83	66	72	72
Total	Females	6,287	441	377	360	332	203	217	142	101	84	81	67	67	70	72
4. CASTLEMAINE.
Read and Write	Males	16,280						20	38	90	131	150	174	161	145	160
Read and Write	Females	7,476						54	76	114	133	161	162	152	152	134
Read only	Males	2,049				30	107	199	212	164	83	65	55	42	36	20
Read only	Females	2,018						305	197	164	112	90	61	39	39	19
Cannot Read	Males	4,686	807	582	638	592	452	290	146	73	42	35	29	18	16	8
Cannot Read	Females	4,187	741	606	640	561	475	315	165	76	30	18	18	13	4	9
Education unknown	Males	304						16	8	2	9		1		2
Education unknown	Females	20
Total	Males	23,319	807	582	638	622	559	525	404	329	265	250	259	221	199	188
Total	Females	13,701	741	606	642	586	567	674	438	354	275	269	241	204	195	162
5. MARYBOROUGH.
Read and Write	Males	23,040						18	47	69	87	120	133	120	141	127
Read and Write	Females	6,862						21	38	62	74	119	135	154	129	128
Read only	Males	2,380				29	95	166	184	157	99	73	64	50	27	27
Read only	Females	2,084				22	98	172	218	162	109	88	54	28	30	25
Cannot Read	Males	5,748	789	704	649	616	539	304	205	89	31	33	26	20	14	8
Cannot Read	Females	4,288	712	616	634	565	480	303	214	96	45	25	29	8	13	10
Education unknown	Males	233						1	3		1		3		1
Education unknown	Females	244						10	18	6	12	17	9	5	16	12
Total	Males	31,401	789	704	649	645	634	489	439	315	218	226	226	190	183	162
Total	Females	13,478	712	616	634	587	578	506	488	326	240	249	227	195	188	175