EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS, 1891., TABLE XLV.—Showing the Number and Degree of Education possessed by Boys and Girls between 5 and 15 Years of Age of different Religious Denominations (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines).

Religious Denominations.	Numbers.
	Boys.				Girls.
	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.	Total.	Read and Write.	Read only.	Unable to Read.
Church of England	45,641	37,159	3,193	5,289	44,366	36,549	2,539	5,278
Presbyterians	18,086	14,947	1,320	1,819	17,457	14,560	1,040	1,857
Methodists	20,496	17,243	1,308	1,945	20,318	17,289	1,065	1,964
Independents	2,447	2,043	124	280	2,468	2,127	107	234
Baptists	3,207	2,634	220	353	3,071	2,525	175	371
Lutherans	1,274	987	71	216	1,257	992	60	205
Unitarians	81	61	9	11	83	70	4	9
Other Protestants	3,070	2,463	226	381	3,132	2,518	228	386
Total Protestants	94,302	77,537	6,471	10,294	92,152	76,630	5,218	10,304
Roman Catholics	25,583	20,748	1,916	2,919	25,005	20,534	1,561	2,910
Jews	654	571	38	45	660	561	33	66
Residue	3,530	2,832	250	448	3,229	2,515	192	522
Total	124,069	101,688	8,675	13,706	121,046	100,240	7,004	13,802