EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS, 1881., TABLE LV.—Showing the Number of, and Degree of Education possessed by, Boys and Girls between 6 and 15 Years of Age (1) of different Religious Denominations.
Religious Denominations. Numbers. Proportions per Cent.
Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls.
Total. Read and Write. Read only. Unable to Read. Education unknown. Total. Read and Write. Read only. Unable to Read. Education unknown. Read and Write. Read only. Unable to Read. Read and Write. Read only. Unable to Read.
Church of England and Protestants undefined 34,252 28,648 2,957 1,768 879 33,950 28,783 2,823 1,559 785 85.84 8.86 5.30 86.79 8.51 4.70
Presbyterians 15,060 12,835 1,391 594 240 14,788 12,798 1,194 541 255 86.60 9.39 4.01 88.06 8.22 3.72
Wesleyan Methodists 13,654 11,764 1,112 500 278 13,614 11,900 1,032 449 233 87.95 8.31 3.74 88.93 7.71 3.36
Independents 2,227 1,942 156 80 49 2,204 1,958 137 65 44 89.17 7.16 3.67 90.65 6.34 3.01
Baptists 2,213 1,917 157 84 55 2,267 1,996 149 76 46 88.83 7.28 3.89 89.87 6.71 3.42
Bible Christians 892 782 63 28 19 884 761 71 25 27 89.57 7.22 3.21 88.79 8.29 2.92
Lutherans 917 756 80 53 28 899 773 49 62 15 85.04 9.00 5.96 87.44 5.54 7.02
Unitarians 59 55 3 1 76 74 1 1 93.22 5.08 1.70 98.67 1.33
Other Protestants 855 714 60 51 30 845 746 57 25 17 86.85 7.27 6.18 90.09 6.89 3.02
Total Protestants 70,129 59,413 5,979 3,159 1,578 69,527 59,789 5,513 2,802 1,423 86.67 8.72 4.61 87.79 8.10 4.11
Roman Catholics and Catholics undefined 24,775 19,557 2,947 1,743 528 25,204 20,496 2,630 1,563 515 80.66 12.15 7.19 83.01 10.65 6.34
Jews 500 456 19 19 6 500 464 15 14 7 92.30 3.85 3.85 94.12 3.04 2.84
Residue 2,484 1,547 184 137 616 2,183 1,406 173 120 484 82.82 9.85 7.33 82.75 10.18 7.07
Total 97,888 80,973 9,129 5,058 2,728 97,414 82,155 8,331 4,499 2,429 85.09 9.59 5.32 86.49 8.77 4.74