RELIGIONS, 1881.—NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS., Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons, Males, and Females, of different Religious Denominations, at the Census of 1881.

Religious Denominations.	Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total	862,346	452,083	410,263
Total specified	847,291	442,512	404,779	100.000	100.000	100.000
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined)	299,542	157,937	141,605	35.353	35.691	34.983
Free Church of England	110	38	72	0.013	0.008	0.018
Protestants (not otherwise defined)	11,639	6,545	5,094	1.374	1.479	1.258
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria	37,162	19,080	18,082	4.386	4.312	4.467
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined)	89,087	46,572	42,515	10.514	10.524	10.503
Free Presbyterians Church of Victoria	2,804	1,400	1,404	0.331	0.316	0.347
Free Presbyterians (not otherwise defined)	2,944	1,410	1,534	0.348	0.319	0.379
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters	114	55	59	0.013	0.011	0.015
Presbyterian Synod of Victoria	42	7	35	0.005	0.001	0.009
Other Presbyterians (a)	438	229	209	0.052	0.052	0.052
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists	97,115	48,481	48,634	11.462	10.956	12.015
United Methodist Free Church	1,625	829	796	0.192	0.197	0.197
New Connection Methodists	159	69	90	0.019	0.014	0.022
Primitive Methodists	8,707	4,364	4,343	1.028	0.985	1.073
Other Methodists (b)	787	354	433	0.093	0.079	0.107
Other Protestants—
Independents or Congregationalists	19,878	9,859	10,019	2.346	2.228	2.475
Baptists	20,373	9,698	10,675	2.404	2.191	2.637
Bible Christians	6,660	3,280	3,380	0.786	0.741	0.835
Disciples of Christ, Christians, Church of Christ	4,859	2,301	2,558	0.573	0.520	0.632
Lutherans, German Protestants	11,149	7,286	3,863	1.316	1.646	0.954
Moravians, United Brethren	172	86	86	0.020	0.019	0.021
Calvinists	712	420	292	0.084	0.095	0.074
Society of Friends	282	182	100	0.033	0.041	0.025
Unitarians	942	602	340	0.111	0.136	0.084
Other Protestants (c)	1,090	608	482	0.129	0.137	0.119