EDUCATION, 1891, INCLUSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE OF CHINESE AND ABORIGINES., TABLE XLIII.—Showing the Number of and Degree of Education possessed by Males and Females, inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, and of Chinese and Aborigines, of various Periods of Age. In this Table the unspecified as to Age and Education have been distributed by proportion amongst the other numbers.
Ages.		Inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.				Chinese.				Aborigines.				Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.
Ages.		Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.
All Ages	Persons	1,140,405	908,767	32,817	198,821	9,377	902	96	8,379	565	277	23	265	1,130,463	907,588	32,698	190,177
	Males	598,414	478,362	15,482	104,570	8,772	570	71	8,131	325	166	10	149	589,317	477,626	15,401	96,290
	Females	541,991	430,405	17,335	94,251	605	332	25	248	240	111	13	116	541,146	429,962	17,297	93,887
Under 6 years	Males	89,086	3,076	4,041	81,969	169	8	6	155	54	2	3	49	88,863	3,066	4,032	81,765
Under 6 years	Females	86,845	2,478	3,306	81,061	176	3	8	165	45		4	41	86,624	2,475	3,294	80,855
6 to 13 years	Males	87,654	76,151	5,851	5,652	161	116	8	37	62	50	5	7	87,431	75,985	5,838	5,608
6 to 13 years	Females	85,714	75,858	4,866	4,990	179	150	7	22	31	22	2	7	85,504	75,686	4,857	4,961
15 years and upwrads	Males	398,803	376,445	5,519	16,839	8,402	409	56	7,937	193	98	2	93	390,208	375,938	5,461	8,809
15 years and upwrads	Females	347,144	329,943	9,107	8,094	213	144	10	59	150	77	6	67	346,781	329,722	9,091	7,968
21 years and upwards	Males	329,528	307,958	5,286	16,284	8,201	353	54	7,794	166	79	1	86	321,161	307,526	5,231	8,404
21 years and upwards	Females	277,145	260,306	8,980	7,859	117	62	10	45	121	51	6	64	276,907	260,193	8,964	7,750
Under 1 year	Males	16,610			16,610	32			32	12			12	16,566			16,566
Under 1 year	Females	16,205			16,205	23			23	8			8	16,174			16,174
1 year to 2 years	Males	14,908			14,908	30			30	5			5	14,873			14,873
1 year to 2 years	Females	14,514			14,514	19			19	6			6	14,489			14,489
2 years to 3 years	Males	15,137			15,137	29			29	6			6	15,102			15,102
2 years to 3 years	Females	14,462			14,462	36			36	7			7	14,419			14,419
3 years to 4 years	Males	14,473		205	14,268	29			29	10			10	14,434		205	14,229
3 years to 4 years	Females	14,427		206	14,221	31			31	8			8	14,388		206	14,182
4 years to 5 years	Males	14,101		1,065	13,036	25		4	21	11		1	10	14,065		1,060	13,005
4 years to 5 years	Females	13,900		1,001	12,899	43		4	39	8		1	7	13,849		996	12,853
5 years to 6 years	Males	13,857	3,076	2,771	8,010	24	8	2	14	10	2	2	6	13,823	3,066	2,767	7,990
5 years to 6 years	Females	13,337	2,478	2,099	8,760	24	3	4	17	8		3	5	13,305	2,475	2,092	8,738
6 years to 7 years	Males	13,630	7,211	2,862	3,557	30	11	3	16	12	9	2	1	13,588	7,191	2,857	3,540
6 years to 7 years	Females	13,320	7,900	2,368	3,052	29	12	5	12	7	3	1	3	13,284	7,885	2,362	3,037
7 years to 8 years	Males	13,256	10,333	1,684	1,239	22	12	1	9	8	6	2		13,226	10,315	1,681	1,230
7 years to 8 years	Females	12,711	10,261	1,364	1,086	26	23	1	2	4	2	1	1	12,681	10,236	1,362	1,083
8 years to 9 yeras	Males	12,387	11,238	717	432	18	14	2	2	7	6		1	12,362	11,218	715	429
8 years to 9 yeras	Females	12,404	11,342	638	424	31	26	1	4	4	3		1	12,369	11,313	637	419
9 years to 10 years	Males	12,330	11,842	314	174	27	22	1	4	5	4		1	12,298	11,816	313	169
9 years to 10 years	Females	11,785	11,330	258	197	16	14		2	5	4		1	11,764	11,312	258	194
10 years to 11 years	Males	12,464	12,212	139	113	23	21		2	11	11			12,430	12,180	139	111
10 years to 11 years	Females	12,385	12,113	149	123	23	23			5	5			12,357	12,085	149	123
11 years to 12 years	Males	11,627	11,480	76	71	18	16	1	1	4	3		1	11,605	11,461	75	69
11 years to 12 years	Females	11,410	11,306	49	55	24	22		2	2	2			11,384	11,282	49	53
12 years to 13 years	Males	11,960	11,835	59	66	23	20		3	15	11	1	3	11,922	11,804	58	60
12 years to 13 years	Females	11,699	11,606	40	53	30	30			4	3		1	11,665	11,573	40	52