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 |