SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AT TWO PERIODS, 1881.
Description of School. Average Number Attending during Five Days, ended 1st April, 1881. Actual Number Attending on Monday, 4th April, 1881. Five Days' Average in Excess of Attendance on 4th April. Attendance on 4th April in Excess of Five Days, Average.
Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total.
State schools 60,523 57,021 117,544 65,678 63,373 129,051 11,507
Private schools—
Church of England 892 696 1,588 900 682 1,582 6
Presbyterian 531 312 843 533 303 836 7
Wesleyan 196 50 246 201 47 248 2
Independent 13 13 13 13
Lutheran 133 140 273 112 94 206 67
Brethren 16 14 30 15 11 26 4
Protestant (undefined) 194 253 447 190 259 449 2
Roman Catholic 7,047 7,796 14,843 7,693 8,737 16,430 1,587
Jewish 167 144 311 152 124 276 35
No denomination 3,476 4,509 7,985 3,499 4,569 8,068 83
Total, Private schools 12,665 13,914 26,579 13,308 14,826 28,134 1,555
Grand Total, State and Private schools 73,188 70,935 144,123 78,986 78,199 157,185 13,062