General Summary, inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.—Numbers., TABLE III.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males and Females, inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, also of Chinese and Aborigines, at various Periods of Age, able to Read and Write, able to Read only, unable to Read, or of whom the Education was not returned.

Ages.		Inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.					Chinese.(1)				Aborigines.				Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.
		Total.	Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.	Education unknown.	Total.	Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Able to Read and Write.	Able to Read only.	Unable to Read.	Education unknown.
All Ages	persons	731,528	474,871	70,450	180,550	5,657	17,935	175	35	17,725	1,330	114	47	1,169	712,263	474,582	70,368	161,656	5,657
	males	401,050	264,902	32,054	100,777	3,317	17,899	171	31	17,697	784	58	26	700	382,367	264,673	31,997	82,380	3,317
	females	330,478	209,969	38,396	79,773	2,340	36	4	4	28	546	56	21	469	329,896	209,909	38,371	79,276	2,340
5 Years and upwards (2)	persons	614,796	474,852	66,465	67,848	5,631	17,919	175	35	17,709	1,221	114	45	1,062	595,656	474,563	66,385	49,077	5,631
	males	342,093	264,894	30,105	43,792	3,302	17,888	171	31	17,686	727	58	25	644	323,478	264,665	30,049	25,462	3,302
	females	272,703	209,858	36,360	24,056	5,329	31	4	4	23	494	56	20	418	272,178	209,898	36,336	23,615	2,329
Under 1 Year	persons	24,492			24,492		3			3	20			20	24,469			24,469
	males	12,454			12,454		3			3	10			10	12,441			12,441
	females	12,038			12,038						10			10	12,028			12,028
1 Year to 2 Years	persons	22,076			22,076		3			3	19			19	22,054			22,054
	males	11,115			11,115						10			10	11,105			11,105
	females	10,961			10,961		3			3	9			9	10,949			10,949
2 Year to 3 Years	persons	23,967			23,967		2			2	29			29	23,936			23,936
	males	12,115			12,115		1			1	11			11	12,103			12,103
	females	11,852			11,852		1			1	18			18	11,833			11,833
3 Year to 4 Years	persons	23,798		746	23,052		4			4	21		1	20	23,773		745	23,028
	males	12,072		342	11,730		4			4	14			14	12,054		342	11,712
	females	11,726		404	11,322						7		1	6	11,719		403	11,316
4 Year to 5 Years	persons	22,325		3,235	19,090		4			4	20		1	19	22,301		3,234	19,067
	males	11,166		1,606	9,560		3			3	12		1	11	11,151		1,605	9,546
	females	11,159		1,629	9,530		1			1	8			8	11,150		1,629	9,521
5 Year to 6 Years	persons	21,421	1,651	7,147	12,368	255	1			1	10	1		9	21,410	1,650	7,147	12,358	255
	males	10,709	801	3,602	6,182	124	1			1	3			3	10,705	801	3,602	6,178	124
	females	10,712	850	3,545	6,186	131					7	1		6	10,705	849	3,545	6,180	131
6 Year to 7 Years	persons	21,644	4,899	9,444	7,072	229	3	1		2	18	2	2	14	21,623	4,896	9,442	7,056	229
	males	10,952	2,488	4,744	3,597	123	1			1	4			4	10,947	2,488	4,744	3,592	123
	females	10,692	2,411	4,700	3,475	106	2	1		1	14	2	2	10	10,676	2,408	4,698	3,464	106
7 Year to 8 Years	persons	21,942	10,069	7,958	3,754	161	1		1		15	2	1	12	21,926	10,067	7,956	3,742	161
	males	11,039	5,134	3,918	1,912	75	1		1		8		1	7	11,030	5,134	3,916	1,905	75
	females	10,903	4,935	4,040	1,842	86					7	2		5	10,896	4,933	4,040	1,837	86