PROPORTION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL, 1881.
Ages. Numbers of Children in the Population. Numbers attending School. Proportion of those at School per 10,000 at same age in Population.
Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total.
3 to 6 years 34,176 33,293 67,469 12,697 11,995 24,692 3,715 3,603 3,660
6 to 15 years 97,888 97,414 195,302 63,696 63,753 127,449 6,507 6,545 6,526
15 to 18 years 30,047 30,628 60,675 2,593 2,451 5,044 863 800 831
Total 3 to 18 162,111 161,335 323,446 78,986 78,199 157,185 4,872 4,877 4,860