TABLE 7.—RELIGIONS OF THE POPULATION IN EACH MUNICIPALITY., SECTION A.—CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS.

Religious Denomination.	TOTAL POPULATION OF CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS.			CENTRAL DISTRICT—METROPOLITAN AREA.)
				1a. Melbourne.			1b. North Melbourne.			1c. Brunswick.			1d. Flemington and Kensington.			1e. Essendon.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
TOTAL	647,397	306,143	341,254	68,374	34,161	34,213	18,120	8,876	9,244	24,141	11,470	12,671	10,946	5,361	5,585	17,426	8,087	9,339
Episcopalians—
Church of England	237,537	113,503	124,034	23,598	11,838	11,760	5,648	2,815	2,833	7,789	3,774	4,015	4,001	1,986	2,015	6,882	3,250	3,632
Protestant (so stated)	5,728	2,868	2,860	755	410	345	321	181	140	271	144	127	110	59	51	129	61	68
Presbyterians—
Presbyterian Church of Victoria	86,361	40,666	45,695	8,157	4,059	4,098	2,156	1,116	1,040	3,536	1,684	1,852	1,635	807	828	3,059	1,358	1,701
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria	159	63	96	1		1	2	1	1	1		1	7	5	2
Methodists—
Wesleyan Methodist (so stated)	80,270	36,672	43,598	4,954	2,286	2,668	1,402	668	734	3,131	1,450	1,681	1,379	631	748	1,921	869	1,052
Primitive Methodist (so stated)	8,592	4,035	4,557	247	104	143	88	49	39	495	226	269	37	19	18	286	126	160
All other	10,418	5,033	5,385	529	225	304	292	142	150	470	201	269	87	38	49	226	98	128
Other Protestants—
Independent (Congregationalist)	12,192	5,707	6,485	874	409	465	125	67	58	224	102	122	82	36	46	412	196	216
Baptist	22,718	10,167	12,551	1,626	743	883	413	188	225	1,467	675	792	321	96	225	699	323	376
Church of Christ, Disciple of Christ	6,418	2,861	3,557	713	317	396	356	176	180	341	155	186	291	178	113	191	84	107
Christian (so stated), &c.	539	250	289	17	12	5				76	39	37	34	18	16	5	1	4
Brethren, Christian Brethren	1,082	496	586	64	21	43	2	1	1	24	11	13	12	5	7	82	39	43
Lutheran (German Protestant)	4,604	2,819	1,785	689	491	198	108	72	36	113	72	41	61	37	24	71	41	37
Moravian (United Brethren)	17	4	13	1	1								1	1
Calvinistic Methodist	893	431	462	62	28	34	10	5	5	27	15	12	16	14	2	11	5	6
Friends (Society of)	140	80	60	17	13	4	1	1					1		1
Salvation Army	5,605	2,343	3,262	151	69	82	117	53	64	321	130	191	31	21	10	145	57	88
Unitarian	580	326	254	93	61	32	12	4	8	22	10	12	7	6	1	9	6	3
Miscellaneous	2,563	1,163	1,400	252	100	152	22	12	10	104	55	49	34	15	19	86	40	46
Catholics—
Roman Catholic	133,261	59,727	73,534	19,636	9,056	10,580	6,161	2,816	3,345	4,864	2,234	2,630	2,576	1,268	1,308	2,780	1,278	1,502
Catholic (so stated)	2,051	896	1,155	255	90	165	228	115	113	109	58	51	37	12	25	47	21	26
Greek Church	297	216	81	207	157	50	6	3	3	7	4	3
Other Christian Sects—
Catholic Apostolic Church	375	158	217	106	44	62	8	2	6	9	7	2				6	2	4
Christian Israelite	200	103	97	9	6	3				18	9	9				1	1
New Church (Swedenborgian)	87	42	45	15	7	8	2	1	1	3	2	1	4	2	2
Spiritist, Spiritualist	769	366	403	125	68	57	19	9	10	66	26	40	4	2	2	10	5	5
No Denomination, No Sect (so stated)	3,619	2,178	1,441	424	275	149	53	33	20	111	65	46	32	18	14	72	47	25
Sundry	166	66	100	14	6	8	1		1	14	2	12	7	3	4	1		1
Non-Christian Religions—
Jew	5,580	2,855	2,725	2,112	1,080	1,032	160	89	71	48	26	22	6	5	1	36	12	24
Mohammedan	153	144	9	63	55	8				2	2		3	3
Buddhist, Hindu, Brahman	508	503	5	81	81					18	18		2	2		3	3
Confucian	2,192	2,141	51	1,047	1,007	40	25	24	1	50	49	1	8	8		23	23
Other	161	96	65	42	25	17	10	8	2	4	2	2	11	7	4	1		1
Sceptics, &c.	2,827	2,111	716	520	426	94	51	42	9	115	80	35	22	16	6	44	36	8
UnspecifiedObject to state	5,814	3,546	2,268	727	480	247	182	115	67	171	98	73	52	32	20	150	96	54
UnspecifiedOthers	2,921	1,508	1,413	191	111	80	139	68	71	120	45	75	35	11	24	31	9	22