CHILDREN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION ("SCHOLARS"), APRIL, 1881.

Ages.	Numbers at each Age (estimated).			Proportion of those at each Age per 10,000 at same Age in the Population.*
	Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.
3 to 6 years	14,769	14,180	28,949	4,321	4,259	4,291
6 to 15 years	74,089	75,366	149,455	7,569	7,737	7,652
15 to 18 years	3,016	2,898	5,914	1,003	946	974
Total 3 to 18	91,874	92,444	184,318	5,667	5,730	5,699