RELIGIONS OF THE PEOPLE., Increase of the Principal Sects., TABLE I.—Showing the Numbers of Persons belonging to each of the Principal Sects at the various Census Periods since 1841, and the Increase of each Sect during the intervals between the Censuses.
Principal Sects.	Persons, 1841.	Increase from 1841 to 1846.		Persons, 1846.	Increase from 1846 to 1851.		Persons, 1851.	Increase from 1851 to 1854.		Persons, 1854.	Increase from 1854 to 1857.		Persons, 1857.	Increase from 1857 to 1861.		Persons, 1861.	Increase from 1861 to 1871.		Persons, 1871.
Principal Sects.	Persons, 1841.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Persons, 1846.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Persons, 1851.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Persons, 1854.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Persons, 1857.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Persons, 1861.	Numerical.	Centesimal.	Persons, 1871.
Church of England, and Protestants not otherwise defined	6,190	8,731	141.05	14,921	22,512	150.86	37,433	70,569	188.50	108,002	65,355	60.51	173,357	38,711	22.33	212,068	45,767	21.58	257,835	Protestants.
Presbyterians	2,044	3,812	186.49	5,856	5,752	98.20	11,608	30,709	264.55	42,235	22,916	54.26	65,151	21,933	33.66	87,084	25,899	29.74	112,983
Wesleyan Methodists, &c.	650	947	145.69	1,597	3,391	212.34	4,988	10,296	206.42	15,284	12,704	83.12	27,988	18,523	66.18	46,511	47,709	102.58	94,220
Other Protestants	346	823	237.86	1,169	3,144	268.95	4,313	13,921	322.77	18,059	8,662	47.97	26,721	8,377	31.35	35,098	17,405	49.59	52,503
Roman Catholics, and Catholics undefined	2,441	6,634	271.81	9,075	8,939	98.50	18,014	27,097	150.42	45,111	31,389	69.58	76,500	33,329	43.57	109,829	60,791	55.35	170,620	Catholics.
Jews	57	60	105.26	117	247	211.11	364	1,183	325.00	1,547	634	40.98	2,181	722	33.10	2,903	668	23.01	3,571	Jews.
Residue of Population	10	134	1340.00	144	481	334.03	625	5,678	908.48	6,560	32,308	492.50	38,868	7,961	20.48	46,829	-7,033	-15.02	39,796	Residue.
Total of Victoria	11,738	21,141	180.10	32,879	44,466	135.24	77,345	159,453	206.16	236,798	173,968	73.47	410,766	129,556	31.54	540,322	191,206	35.39	731,528