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.
		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.
13 years to 14 years	Males	11,374	11,278	35	61	16	15		1	10	10			11,348	11,253	35	60
	Females	11,147	11,062	27	58	13	12		1	6	6			11,128	11,044	27	57
14 years to 15 years	Males	11,497	11,412	36	49	24	22	1	1	6	6			11,467	11,384	35	48
	Females	11,141	11,064	29	48	24	23		1	8	6	1	1	11,109	11,035	28	46
15 years to 16 years	Males	11,836	11,719	45	72	11	8		3	2	2			11,823	11,709	45	69
	Females	11,555	11,479	22	54	21	19		2	10	9		1	11,524	11,451	22	51
16 years to 17 years	Males	11,576	11,471	37	68	12	11		1	6	3	1	2	11,558	11,457	36	65
	Females	11,361	11,294	23	44	19	17		2	5	4		1	11,337	11,273	23	41
17 years to 18 years	Males	10,748	10,661	32	55	15	11		4	2	1		1	10,731	10,649	32	50
	Females	11,333	11,287	21	25	23	21		2	5	4		1	11,305	11,262	21	22
18 years to 19 years	Males	11,224	11,097	30	97	31	5	1	25	5	4		1	11,188	11,088	29	71
	Females	11,668	11,624	12	32	11	11			4	4			11,653	11,609	12	32
19 years to 20 years	Males	11,732	11,602	40	90	46	15		31	5	4		1	11,681	11,583	40	58
	Females	11,801	11,744	26	31	14	11		3	3	3			11,784	11,730	26	28
20 years to 21 years	Males	12,159	11,937	49	173	86	6	1	79	7	5		2	12,066	11,926	48	92
	Females	12,281	12,209	23	49	8	3		5	2	2			12,271	12,204	23	44
21 years to 25 years	Males	51,466	50,525	202	739	376	37	2	337	17	16		1	51,073	50,472	200	401
	Females	50,121	49,732	150	239	38	22		16	19	14		5	50,064	49,696	150	218
25 years to 30 years	Males	63,204	61,595	341	1,268	619	49	7	563	24	18		6	62,561	61,528	334	699
	Females	55,232	54,537	254	441	28	13		15	12	12			55,192	54,512	254	426
30 years to 35 yeras	Males	47,876	46,167	389	1,320	666	37	9	620	12	8		4	47,198	46,122	380	696
	Females	39,856	39,144	334	378	25	18	7		16	9	4	3	39,815	39,117	323	375
35 years to 40 years	Males	31,843	30,239	388	1,216	575	36	4	535	19	13		6	31,249	30,190	384	675
	Females	26,529	25,590	457	482	9	4	1	4	21	11	1	9	26,499	25,575	455	469
40 years to 45 years	Males	24,058	22,287	404	1,367	671	30	9	632	24	10	1	13	23,363	22,247	394	722
	Females	21,443	20,059	670	714	9	3	1	5	13	3		10	21,421	20,053	669	699
45 years to 50 years	Males	22,135	19,997	533	1,605	753	31	8	714	24	7		17	21,358	19,959	525	874
	Females	19,672	17,839	953	880	3			3	21	1		20	19,648	17,838	953	857
50 years to 55 years	Males	22,821	19,930	591	2,300	1,376	46	5	1,325	17	4		13	21,428	19,880	586	962
	Females	19,395	16,707	1,447	1,241	2	1		1	9		1	8	19,384	16,706	1,446	1,232
55 years to 60 years	Males	22,277	19,566	621	2,090	1,270	48	6	1,216	13			13	20,994	19,518	615	861
	Females	16,223	13,548	1,534	1,141	1		1		3	1		2	16,219	13,547	1,533	1,139
60 years to 65 years	Males	20,223	17,637	675	1,911	1,093	29	4	1,060	10	2		8	19,120	17,606	671	843
	Females	12,921	10,697	1,241	983	1			1	6			6	12,914	10,697	1,241	976
65 years to 70 years	Males	11,145	9,664	439	1,042	438	5		433	1			1	10,706	9,659	439	608
	Females	7,182	5,878	815	489	1	1			1			1	7,180	5,877	815	488
70 years to 75 years	Males	7,242	6,107	374	761	248	3		245	2	1		1	6,992	6,103	374	515
	Females	4,803	3,813	572	418									4,803	3,813	572	418
75 years to 80 years	Males	3,213	2,653	200	360	91	2		89	3			3	3,119	2,651	200	268
	Females	2,267	1,717	323	227									2,267	1,717	323	227
80 years to 85 years	Males	1,389	1,117	90	182	19			19					1,370	1,117	90	163
	Females	1,012	736	148	128									1,012	736	148	128
85 years and upwards	Males	636	474	39	123	6			6					630	474	39	117
	Females	489	309	82	98									489	309	82	98