TABLE III.—ELECTORAL PROVINCES.—Showing the Degree of Education possessed by Males and Females of different Ages in each Electoral Province—continued.
Electoral Provinces.		All Ages.	Under 1	1 to 2	2 to 3	3 to 4	4 to 5	5 to 6	6 to 7	7 to 8	8 to 9	9 to 10	10 to 11	11 to 12	12 to 13	13 to 14	14 to 15
NELSON.
Read and write	M.	21,018						128	273	488	624	626	754	666	742	732	605
Read and write	F.	17,715						142	309	522	676	663	771	648	713	693	626
Read only	M.	1,475				27	114	209	251	164	75	42	15	3	4	6	2
Read only	F.	1,777				70	148	222	235	135	59	35	17	9	5	7	2
Cannot read	M.	6,763	739	733	806	670	624	307	128	60	26	15	6	6	8	2	2
Cannot read	F.	4,485	711	736	737	651	604	231	148	44	29	6	9	6	3		1
Unspecified	M.	411						109	58	30	11	7	6	4	1	3	4
Unspecified	F.	268						80	41	21	12	5	4	2	4	2	1
Total	M.	29,667	739	733	806	697	738	753	710	742	736	690	781	679	755	743	613
Total	F.	24,245	711	736	737	721	752	675	733	722	776	709	801	665	725	702	630
WESTERN.
Read and write	M.	17,781						79	194	344	488	599	626	625	647	614	561
Read and write	F.	16,043						111	231	380	496	566	599	644	656	641	541
Read only	M.	1,509				14	87	177	237	168	101	59	33	22	11	6	8
Read only	F.	1,723				23	111	163	188	166	81	61	32	19	9	7	5
Cannot read	M.	5,033	686	648	744	675	601	307	205	82	40	21	20	13	7	11	8
Cannot read	F.	4,645	694	645	707	607	591	301	161	97	50	21	12	9	10	6	1
Unspecified	M.	419						96	62	26	24	14	7	11	8	6
Unspecified	F.	300						76	42	30	20	6	8	8	5	4	1
Total	M.	24,742	686	648	744	689	688	659	698	620	653	693	686	671	673	637	577
Total	F.	22,711	694	645	707	630	702	651	622	673	647	654	651	680	680	658	548
NORTH-WESTERN.
Read and write	M.	24,421						97	222	410	525	638	702	678	702	700	647
Read and write	F.	17,429						81	249	400	517	601	644	609	660	614	617
Read only	M.	1,796				16	90	180	232	220	104	77	47	29	20	15	10
Read only	F.	1,863				22	89	190	225	217	164	82	51	22	14	12	2
Cannot read	M.	6,843	970	855	869	792	720	395	259	129	82	39	25	21	14	15	12
Cannot read	F.	5,590	872	851	875	790	708	372	244	115	77	47	33	10	8	3	5
Unspecified	M.	555						124	63	32	14	16	7	9	6	5	4
Unspecified	F.	336						112	53	30	16		12	10	5	3	3
Total	M.	33,615	970	855	869	808	810	796	776	791	725	770	781	737	742	735	673
Total	F.	25,218	872	851	875	812	797	755	771	762	774	730	740	651	687	632	627
NORTHERN.
Read and write	M.	28,159						162	374	653	827	879	948	910	927	925	856
Read and write	F.	25,029						205	424	692	811	919	1,047	928	984	934	858
Read only	M.	1,941				31	168	258	357	235	130	59	40	13	12	9	10
Read only	F.	2,338				42	196	286	313	198	94	52	28	16	8	6	5
Cannot read	M.	7,508	1,058	1,013	1,077	1,022	835	483	228	89	45	15	16	8	8	4	14
Cannot read	F.	6,487	1,000	1,018	1,067	999	792	492	216	76	35	15	8	6	6	2	7
Unspecified	M.	372						90	55	23	15	4	9	3	4	3	2
Unspecified	F.	316						88	61	26	12	9	6	7	6	4	4
Total	M.	37,980	1,058	1,013	1,077	1,053	1,003	993	1,014	1,000	1,017	957	1,013	934	957	941	882
Total	F.	34,170	1,000	1,018	1,067	1,041	988	1,071	1,014	992	952	995	1,089	957	1,004	946	874
WELLINGTON.
Read and write	M.	29,494						178	406	657	826	994	1,098	1,008	1,050	1,049	917
Read and write	F.	27,940						182	392	716	853	997	1,034	1,051	1,051	1,072	982
Read only	M.	1,825				34	138	258	327	190	107	48	20	7	5	4	6
Read only	F.	2,205				43	127	247	323	165	71	38	14	11	6	6	2
Cannot read	M.	7,714	1,000	935	1,010	965	917	391	176	55	25	14	6	6	3	3	4
Cannot read	F.	5,954	976	913	988	882	844	356	162	67	19	5	6	3	7	2	2
Unspecified	M.	708						217	97	38	30	17	14	11	8	9	8
Unspecified	F.	578						129	85	43	16	20	19	10	9	12	7
Total	M.	39,741	1,000	935	1,010	999	1,055	1,044	1,006	940	988	1,073	1,138	1,032	1,066	1,065	935
Total	F.	36,677	976	913	988	925	971	914	962	991	959	1,060	1,073	1,075	1,073	1,092	993