Summary of Mining Districts., TABLE XV.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females, in each Mining District, between 5 and 15 Years of Age and over 15 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 Period.

Mining Districts.		Population between 5 and 15 Years.						Population Aged 15 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 Mining Districts	persons	43,822	15,206	10,034	63.45	22.02	14.53	122,179	9,867	22,176	79.22	6.40	14.38
	males	21,868	7,640	5,065	63.25	22.10	14.65	73,423	3,841	19,154	76.15	3.98	19.87
	females	21,954	7,566	4,969	63.65	21.94	14.41	48,756	6,026	3,022	84.35	10.42	5.23
Ararat	persons	2,848	1,159	764	59.70	24.29	16.01	8,758	746	2,143	75.19	6.41	18.40
	males	1,392	588	399	58.51	24.72	16.77	5,334	322	1,946	70.16	4.24	25.60
	females	1,456	571	365	60.87	23.87	15.26	3,424	424	197	84.65	10.48	4.87
Ballarat	persons	16,263	5,421	3,423	64.78	21.59	13.63	42,475	3,475	5,900	81.92	6.70	11.38
	males	8,213	2,677	1,692	65.27	21.28	13.45	23,772	1,168	4,790	79.96	3.93	16.11
	females	8,050	2,744	1,731	64.27	21.91	13.82	18,703	2,307	1,110	84.55	10.43	5.02
Beechworth	persons	3,962	1,463	1,054	61.15	22.58	16.27	11,082	764	3,988	69.99	4.82	25.19
	males	1,948	729	515	61.03	22.84	16.13	6,965	334	3,722	63.20	3.03	33.77
	females	2,014	734	539	61.27	22.33	16.40	4,117	430	266	85.54	8.93	5.53
Castlemaine	persons	6,576	2,239	1,341	64.75	22.05	13.20	16,617	1,609	3,576	76.22	7.38	16.40
	males	3,318	1,136	691	64.49	22.08	13.43	9,872	632	3,164	72.23	4.62	23.15
	females	3,258	1,103	650	65.02	22.01	12.97	6,745	977	412	82.92	12.01	5.07
Gippsland	persons	369	210	162	49.80	28.34	21.86	2,786	120	868	73.82	3.18	23.00
	males	191	109	79	50.39	28.76	20.85	2,132	65	817	70.73	2.16	27.11
	females	178	101	83	49.17	27.90	22.93	654	55	51	86.05	7.24	6.71
Maryborough	persons	5,579	2,002	1,402	62.11	22.28	15.61	17,047	1,318	2,763	80.68	6.24	13.08
	males	2,773	1,062	724	60.82	23.30	15.88	10,963	589	2,420	78.47	4.21	17.32
	females	2,806	940	678	63.43	21.25	15.32	6,084	729	343	85.02	10.19	4.79
Sandhurst	persons	8,225	2,712	1,888	64.13	21.15	14.72	23,414	1,835	2,938	83.07	6.51	10.42
	males	4,033	1,339	965	63.64	21.13	15.23	14,385	731	2,295	82.62	4.20	13.18
	females	4,192	1,373	923	64.61	21.16	14.23	9,029	1,104	643	83.79	10.24	5.97