TABLE 5.—ILLITERACY AT EACH AGE IN EACH MUNICIPALITY Section B.—Shires.—continued.

Municipality and Degree of Illiteracy.		All Ages.	Under 3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Unspecified Children.	15	16	17
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
16. DANDENONG.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	216	105	21	31	26	10	4				1		1	1	1
	Illiterates Read only	20			1	5	4		1
	Education unspecified	23				1				6		1			1
POPULATION	Males	1,506	105	21	32	35	27	34	32	33	36	44	31	36	36	2	37	26	31
	Females	1,449	89	37	32	32	43	36	37	36	31	27	42	32	32		22	36	22
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	207	89	37	30	18	14	4		1
	Illiterates Read only	27			2	2	2	4										1
	Education unspecified	25				4				1			1	1			1	1	1
17. FERNTREE GULLY.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	221	98	32	37	16	12	4	4	1		1	1				1
	Illiterates Read only	20				4	3	4
	Education unspecified	20				3	2				1		1					1	1
POPULATION	Males	1,555	98	32	37	26	24	33	35	38	47	39	42	48	47		42	49	39
	Females	1,250	92	34	36	22	36	30	42	33	29	31	37	33	33		31	12	17
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	210	92	34	36	15	13	3	1
	Illiterates Read only	28				5	10	3		2
	Education unspecified	10					1
18. LILYDALE.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	414	158	56	62	48	19	14	10	4
	Illiterates Read only	34				1	10	5	3	2
	Education unspecified	2
POPULATION	Males	2,865	158	56	62	54	46	68	91	65	70	64	67	66	70	2	58	68	60
	Females	2,483	189	60	50	66	65	59	65	65	76	73	63	70	64	2	49	65	37
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	402	189	60	50	51	15	12	2				1
	Illiterates Read only	42				8	7	5	1
	Education unspecified	17				1					1		2	2			1	1
19. ELTHAM.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	296	126	39	38	32	11	6
	Illiterates Read only	26				7	7	6
	Education unspecified	10				3	2
POPULATION	Males	1,801	126	39	38	48	43	56	35	51	29	50	49	46	43		29	36	41
	Females	1,576	128	46	39	48	38	40	38	49	40	39	33	32	42		26	21	26
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	282	128	46	39	37	11	2											1
	Illiterates Read only	28				3	8	2				1
	Education unspecified	4					1	1
20. WHITTLESEA.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	173	74	24	28	23	8	3										2
	Illiterates Read only	21				3	5	1	1
	Education unspecified	2				1
POPULATION	Males	1,124	74	24	28	33	24	30	24	24	24	28	27	34	23		27	31	25
	Females	994	67	25	26	26	20	28	31	30	40	25	21	32	24		21	15	16
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	148	67	25	23	14	2		2					1	1
	Illiterates Read only	35			3	9	5	1
	Education unspecified	3						1
21. MERRIANG.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	92	47	14	16	5	3	1			1
	Illiterates Read only	10				3	5
	Education unspecified	6						2					1					1
POPULATION	Males	544	47	14	16	10	16	10	17	12	12	10	10	10	7		12	9	10
	Females	475	30	13	10	14	14	10	12	8	16	8	6	9	10		6	14	3
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	68	30	13	10	5	4
	Illiterates Read only	20				5	2	2
	Education unspecified	10				1			1		1
22. SPRINGFIELD.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	62	24	9	12	4	2								1
	Illiterates Read only	9				2		1
	Education unspecified	5				1							1
POPULATION	Males	355	24	9	12	10	7	10	5	8	7	9	5	2	7		6	6	4
	Females	276	14	7	3	3	5	6	3	3	7	7	6	12	4		11	8	6
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	35	14	7	3	1	1	2
	Illiterates Read only	2				1
	Education unspecified	3