EDUCATION OF ABORIGINES, 1891.
  
    
      | Educational Attainment. | 
      Number of Aborigines living at each Age. | 
    
    
      | Males. | 
      Females. | 
      Both. | 
    
    
      | Under 5 Years. | 
      5 to 15 Years. | 
      15 Years and upwards. | 
      Under 5 Years. | 
      5 to 15 Years. | 
      15 Years and upwards. | 
      Under 5 Years. | 
      5 to 15 Years. | 
      15 Years and upwards. | 
    
  
  
    
      | Could read | 
      1 | 
      75 | 
      100 | 
      1 | 
      40 | 
      83 | 
      2 | 
      115 | 
      183 | 
    
    
      | Could write | 
       | 
      68 | 
      98 | 
       | 
      34 | 
      77 | 
       | 
      102 | 
      175 | 
    
    
      | Could not read | 
      43 | 
      13 | 
      93 | 
      36 | 
      13 | 
      67 | 
      79 | 
      26 | 
      160 | 
    
    
       | 
      Proportions per cent. at each Age. | 
    
    
      | Could read | 
      2.27 | 
      85.23 | 
      51.81 | 
      2.70 | 
      75.47 | 
      55.35 | 
      2.47 | 
      81.56 | 
      53.35 | 
    
    
      | Could write | 
       | 
      77.27 | 
      50.78 | 
       | 
      64.15 | 
      51.33 | 
       | 
      72.34 | 
      51.02 | 
    
    
      | Could not read | 
      97.73 | 
      14.77 | 
      48.19 | 
      97.30 | 
      24.53 | 
      44.67 | 
      97.53 | 
      18.44 | 
      46.65 |