RELIGIONS OF THE URBAN, RURAL, AND GOLDFIELD POPULATION, 1881., TABLE XXXIX.—Showing the Number of Persons of different Religions in the Colony of Victoria, in the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in the Shires, in Places Outside Local Jurisdiction, and on the Goldfields ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Religion to the Totals of their respective Divisions., The numbers in the colony are made up of the sum of those in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in Shires, and in places Outside Local Jurisdiction. The numbers on the Goldfields are more or less scattered over all the divisions.
Religious Denominations.	The Colony.		Cities, Towns, and Boroughs.		Shires.		Places Outside Local Jurisdiction.		Goldfields.
Religious Denominations.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.
Total	862,346		435,443		421,025		5,878		230,944
Total specified	847,291	100.000	427,612	100.000	413,955	100.000	5,724	100.000	227,611	100.000
Episcopalians—
Church of England, Episcopalians (not otherwise defined)	299,542	35.353	157,309	36.788	140,077	33.839	2,156	37.666	75,945	33.366
Free Church of England	110	0.013	66	0.015	44	0.011			13	0.006
Protestants (not otherwise defined)	11,639	1.374	6,839	1.599	4,489	1.084	311	5.433	2,154	0.946
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria	37,162	4.386	14,068	3.290	22,996	5.555	98	1.713	9,287	4.080
Presbyterians (not otherwise defined)	89,087	10.514	40,442	9.458	48,070	11.613	575	10.045	20,094	8.828
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria	2,804	0.331	682	0.159	2,092	0.504	30	0.524	443	0.195
Free Presbyterians (not otherwise defined)	2,944	0.348	1,086	0.254	1,838	0.444	20	0.349	754	0.332
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Covenanters	114	0.013	89	0.021	25	0.006			6	0.003
Presbyterian Synod of Victoria	42	0.005	35	0.008	6	0.001	1	0.017
Other Presbyterians	438	0.052	191	0.045	243	0.059	4	0.070	113	0.050
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodists	97,115	11.462	52,715	12.328	44,150	10.666	250	4.368	38,837	17.064
United Methodist Free Church	1,625	0.192	1,103	0.258	522	0.126			457	0.201
New Connection Methodists	159	0.019	149	0.035	10	0.002			1
Primitive Methodists	8,707	1.028	4,585	1.072	4,109	0.992	13	0.227	3,952	1.732
Other Methodists¹	787	0.093	436	0.102	336	0.081	15	0.262	292	0.128
Other Protestants—
Independents, or Congregationalists	19,878	2.346	14,520	3.396	5,266	1.273	92	1.607	4,735	2.080
Baptists	20,373	2.404	14,404	3.369	5,865	1.417	104	1.817	3,965	1.742
Bible Christians	6,660	0.786	3,567	0.834	3,085	0.745	8	0.140	3,298	1.449
Disciples of Christ, Christians, Church of Christ	4,859	0.573	3,037	0.710	1,795	0.434	27	0.472	996	0.438
Lutherans, German Protestants	11,149	1.316	4,012	0.939	6,950	1.679	187	3.267	2,762	1.214
Moravians, United Brethren	172	0.020	41	0.010	131	0.032			1
Calvinists	712	0.084	413	0.097	297	0.072	2	0.035	383	0.168
Society of Friends	282	0.033	172	0.040	107	0.026	3	0.052	95	0.042
Unitarians	942	0.111	650	0.152	286	0.069	6	0.105	148	0.065
Other Protestants¹	1,090	0.129	761	0.178	324	0.078	5	0.087	151	0.066
Catholics—
Roman Catholics	197,157	23.269	89,204	20.861	106,479	25.723	1,474	25.751	47,254	20.762
Catholics (not otherwise defined)	6,323	0.746	3,329	0.778	2,912	0.702	82	1.433	1,424	0.626
Greek Church	103	0.012	51	0.012	50	0.012	2	0.035	45	0.020
Other Sects—
Catholic Apostolic Church	383	0.045	302	0.071	81	0.020			84	0.037
Israelites and Christian Iraelites	238	0.028	181	0.042	57	0.014			22	0.010
Latter-day Saints, or Mormons	15	0.002	9	0.002	6	0.001			3	0.001
New Church (Swedenborgians)	292	0.034	189	0.044	102	0.025	1	0.017	22	0.010
Spiritists and Spiritualists	853	0.101	647	0.151	204	0.049	2	0.035	199	0.088
Jews	4,330	0.511	4,061	0.949	269	0.065			665	0.292
Mahometans	111	0.013	23	0.005	66	0.016	22	0.384	50	0.022
Pagans	11,159	1.317	3,495	0.817	7,520	1.817	144	2.516	7,179	3.154
Other Sects¹	349	0.041	198	0.046	148	0.036	3	0.052	125	0.055
No Denomination¹	4,979	0.588	3,193	0.747	1,727	0.417	59	1.032	970	0.426
No Religion¹	2,607	0.308	1,358	0.318	1,221	0.295	28	0.489	687	0.302
Unspecified	6,457		3,088		3,291		78		1,188
Objecting to state their religion from conscientious scruples	8,598		4,743		3,779		76		2,145