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