Summary by Electoral Districts., TABLE XII.—Showing the Number of Males and Females in each Electoral District, between 5 and 15 Years of Age and over 21 Years of Age, who were returned as being able to Read and Write, able to Read only, or unable to Read ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Degree of Education to the Total Numbers at the same Age Periods.
Electoral District.		Males and Females between 5 and 15 Years.						Males and Females aged 21 Years and upwards.
		Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.			Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.
		Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.	Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.	Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.	Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.
Total of Electoral Districts	males	60,953	19,666	14,879	63.83	20.59	15.58	173,951	9,240	26,925	82.79	4.40	12.81
Total of Electoral Districts	females	60,869	19,733	14,264	64.16	20.80	15.04	117,192	15,544	9,174	82.58	10.95	6.47
Ararat	males	441	196	168	54.78	24.35	20.87	1,461	137	341	75.35	7.07	17.58
Ararat	females	444	189	146	57.00	24.26	18.74	846	178	80	76.63	16.12	7.25
Avoca	males	1,277	473	362	60.46	22.40	17.14	4,863	251	1,238	76.56	3.95	19.49
Avoca	females	1,311	442	348	62.40	21.04	16.56	2,217	302	143	83.28	11.34	5.38
Ballarat East	males	1,938	612	449	64.62	20.41	14.97	4,425	267	1,181	75.34	4.55	20.11
Ballarat East	females	1,864	607	400	64.93	21.14	13.93	3,182	558	372	77.38	13.57	9.05
Ballarat West	males	3,731	1,151	753	66.21	20.43	13.36	9,495	405	1,138	86.02	3.67	10.31
Ballarat West	females	3,840	1,215	730	66.38	21.00	12.62	7,402	901	422	84.84	10.32	4.84
Belfast	males	261	78	40	68.87	20.58	10.55	419	27	33	87.47	5.64	6.89
Belfast	females	286	87	47	68.10	20.71	11.19	419	54	28	83.63	10.87	5.59
Bourke, East	males	942	261	180	68.11	18.87	13.02	2,398	206	167	86.54	7.43	6.03
Bourke, East	females	832	305	175	63.41	23.25	13.34	1,504	256	124	79.83	13.59	6.58
BourkeBoroughs, East	males	653	184	117	68.45	19.29	12.26	2,481	143	274	85.61	4.93	9.46
BourkeBoroughs, East	females	690	204	106	69.00	20.40	10.60	1,436	313	158	75.30	16.41	8.29
Bourke, South	males	1,508	348	273	70.83	16.35	12.82	3,361	205	163	90.13	5.50	4.37
Bourke, South	females	1,553	345	290	70.98	15.77	13.25	2,870	322	155	85.75	9.62	4.63
Bourke, West	males	2,345	700	794	61.09	18.23	20.68	5,551	360	650	84.61	5.49	9.90
Bourke, West	females	2,037	667	510	63.38	20.75	15.87	3,435	487	320	80.98	11.48	7.54
Brighton	males	469	117	70	71.49	17.84	10.67	1,098	62	42	91.35	5.16	3.49
Brighton	females	481	105	67	73.66	16.08	10.26	992	113	48	86.04	9.80	4.16
Castlemaine	males	1,770	555	344	66.32	20.80	12.88	4,280	295	1,670	68.54	4.72	26.74
Castlemaine	females	1,784	571	300	67.19	21.51	11.30	2,750	489	196	80.06	14.24	5.70
Collingwood	males	2,943	781	466	70.24	18.64	11.12	7,658	191	198	95.16	2.37	2.47
Collingwood	females	3,023	820	544	68.91	18.69	12.40	7,509	638	308	88.81	7.55	3.64
Creswick	males	3,684	1,420	937	60.98	23.51	15.51	11,501	752	2,711	76.86	5.02	18.12
Creswick	females	3,594	1,362	904	61.33	23.24	15.43	6,218	1,036	507	80.12	13.35	6.53
Crowlands	males	1,265	546	370	58.00	25.03	16.97	4,974	236	1,554	73.54	3.49	22.97
Crowlands	females	1,285	534	325	59.93	24.91	15.16	2,457	317	190	82.89	10.70	6.41
Dalhousie	males	1,076	593	527	49.00	27.00	24.00	4,335	329	455	84.68	6.43	8.89
Dalhousie	females	1,075	540	424	52.72	26.49	20.79	2,014	352	248	77.05	13.46	9.49