EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS, 1861-1891., TABLE XLIV.—Showing, at the last four Censuses, the Degree of Education possessed by Children of Mixed Sexes between 5 and 15 Years of Age of different Religious Denominations (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines).

Religious Denominations.	Children of Mixed Sexes between 5 and 15 Years of Age.
	Numbers.
	1861.				1871.				1881.				1891.
	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.
Church of England	36,160	17,180	10,675	8,305	68,090	43,838	13,672	10,580	76,023	61,146	7,997	6,880	90,007	73,708	5,732	10,567
Presbyterians	15,322	7,675	4,892	2,755	31,432	20,929	6,418	4,085	33,080	26,934	3,649	2,497	35,543	29,507	2,360	3,676
Methodists	9,854	5,612	3,041	1,201	27,652	19,051	5,766	2,835	32,293	26,604	3,371	2,318	40,814	34,532	2,373	3,909
Independents	2,486	1,520	664	302	5,071	3,800	806	465	4,943	4,142	432	369	4,915	4,170	231	514
Baptists	1,658	999	444	215	4,336	3,173	731	432	4,971	4,153	438	380	6,278	5,159	395	724
Lutherans	899	408	176	315	1,876	1,228	251	397	2,008	1,633	159	216	2,531	1,979	131	421
Unitarians	236	139	53	44	216	158	37	21	148	134	8	6	164	131	13	20
Other Protestants	270	167	56	47	1,914	1,436	284	194	1,889	1,562	159	168	6,202	4,981	454	767
Total Protestants	66,885	33,700	20,001	13,184	140,587	93,613	27,965	19,009	155,355	126,308	16,213	12,834	186,454	154,167	11,689	20,598
Roman Catholics	17,317	7,142	4,847	5,328	45,445	25,645	10,297	9,503	55,435	42,042	7,189	6,204	50,588	41,282	3,477	5,829
Jews	449	283	89	77	935	730	110	95	1,112	977	55	80	1,314	1,132	71	111
Residue	2,879	1,394	700	785	4,924	2,764	1,274	886	5,282	3,857	683	742	6,759	5,347	442	970
Total	87,530	42,519	25,637	19,374	191,891	122,752	39,646	29,493	217,184	173,184	24,140	19,860	245,115	201,928	15,679	27,508