EDUCATION OF THE URBAN, RURAL, AND GOLDFIELDS POPULATION, 1881., TABLE LVI.—Showing the Numbers of, and Degree of Education possessed by, Persons of various Ages living in the Colony, the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, the Shires, the Places outside Local Jurisdiction, and the Goldfields., The numbers in the colony are made up of the sum of those in cities, towns, and boroughs, in shires and places outside local jurisdiction ; the numbers on the goldfields are more or less scattered over all the divisions.
Ages.	The Colony.		Cities, Towns, and Boroughs.		Shires.		Places outside Local Jurisdiction (including Persons in Ships).		Goldfields.
Ages.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.
TOTAL POPULATION.
All Ages	846,755		428,254		412,767		5,734		227,346
3 to 6 years	63,692		30,719		32,641		332		17,435
6 to 15 years	190,101		91,414		97,830		857		54,820
15 years and upwards	524,286		272,620		247,446		4,220		137,258
21 years and upwards	406,145		210,887		191,642		3,616		106,639
ABLE TO READ AND WRITE.
All Ages	641,730	75.79	336,673	78.61	300,661	72.83	4,396	76.67	168,706	74.20
3 to 6 years	3,509	5.51	1,823	5.94	1,675	5.13	11	3.31	1,097	6.29
6 to 15 years	163,094	85.79	80,612	88.18	81,838	83.65	644	75.15	48,277	88.07
15 years and upwards	475,127	90.62	254,238	93.26	217,148	87.76	3,741	88.65	119,332	86.94
21 years and upwards	359,028	88.40	193,262	91.65	162,605	84.85	3,161	87.42	89,209	83.66
ABLE TO READ ONLY.
All Ages	47,160	5.57	19,998	4.67	26,808	6.50	354	6.17	13,364	5.88
3 to 6 years	9,884	15.50	4,722	15.37	5,101	15.63	61	18.38	2,944	16.89
6 to 15 years	17,457	9.18	7,120	7.79	10,201	10.43	136	15.87	4,536	8.27
15 years and upwards	19,819	3.78	8,156	2.99	11,506	4.65	157	3.72	5,884	4.29
21 years and upwards	18,893	4.65	7,774	3.68	10,973	5.72	146	4.04	5,668	5.31
UNABLE TO READ.
All Ages.	157,865	18.64	71,583	16.72	85,298	20.67	984	17.16	45,276	19.92
3 to 6 years	50,299	78.99	24,174	78.69	25,865	79.24	260	78.31	13,394	76.82
6 to 15 years	9,550	5.03	3,682	4.03	5,791	5.92	77	8.98	2,007	3.66
15 years and upwards	29,340	5.60	10,226	3.75	18,792	7.59	322	7.63	12,042	8.77
21 years and upwards	28,224	6.95	9,851	4.67	18,064	9.43	309	8.54	11,762	11.03