TABLE 4.—ILLITERACY AT EACH AGE IN URBAN AND RURAL DISTRICTS ; ALSO IN MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS (BOARD OF WORKS DISTRICT).

District 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
CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	46,487	20,319	6,478	6,530	3,965	1,973	604	210	106	50	27	27	32	36	20	33	38	53
	Illiterates Read only	4,855		9	134	1,390	1,497	451	115	63	17	11	5	13	9	2	11	3	6
	Education unspecified	3,374				546	184	112	86	60	43	32	37	52	58	19	82	77	65
POPULATION	Males	306,143	20,319	6,487	6,664	6,967	7,148	7,457	7,573	7,766	7,617	7,066	6,956	6,656	6,385	258	6,438	6,229	5,815
	Females	341,254	20,068	6,318	6,489	7,057	7,183	7,370	7,537	7,855	7,531	7,168	6,889	6,925	6,835	227	6,680	6,893	6,723
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	43,226	20,068	6,308	6,361	3,865	1,790	531	158	85	45	25	19	19	26	22	35	29	24
	Illiterates Read only	6,579		10	128	1,337	1,384	453	112	52	19	15	7	5	11	2	12	10	6
	Education unspecified	4,799				591	236	113	89	60	51	39	38	66	94	22	83	107	89
SHIRES.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	46,891	20,158	6,566	6,495	4,071	1,844	624	250	123	42	45	35	39	37	11	36	50	33
	Illiterates Read only	4,715		2	100	997	1,327	449	157	55	29	17	11	7	9		8	12	9
	Education unspecified	3,990				537	274	109	77	69	45	35	24	44	42	13	45	70	61
POPULATION	Males	295,592	20,158	6,568	6,595	6,918	6,972	6,970	7,131	7,129	6,936	6,677	6,487	6,378	6,209	244	6,083	6,227	5,819
	Females	255,931	19,262	6,558	6,457	6,514	6,688	6,724	6,670	6,876	6,681	6,313	6,278	6,081	5,924	149	5,501	5,575	5,086
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	41,751	19,262	6,555	6,319	3,749	1,693	558	194	84	50	25	25	15	22	3	22	16	22
	Illiterates Read only	5,376		3	138	999	1,270	357	94	46	16	12	7	6	6	4	5	9	6
	Education unspecified	3,320				567	259	118	75	34	43	35	30	49	42	10	55	51	48
NO MUNICIPALITY.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	5	1		2						1
	Illiterates Read only	5						2	1	1	1
	Education unspecified
POPULATION	Males	81	1		2			4	2	2	3	2	1	1			1	3	3
	Females	59	3	2	1	3		1	1		1	4	1	1	1			1	1
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	8	3	2	1	2
	Illiterates Read only	1				1
	Education unspecified
SHIPPING.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	320	10	2	1	1								1			2	3	1
	Illiterates Read only	15				2						1							1
	Education unspecified	2							1
POPULATION	Males	2,067	10	2	1	3	1	2	3	4	3	4		7	1		7	24	41
	Females	214	13	5	3	2	5	1	3	3	1	2	2	1	1		5	1	2
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	22	13	5	3
	Illiterates Read only	1					1
	Education unspecified	2				1	1
MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS.
Males	Illiterates Cannot read	33,700	14,784	4,796	4,761	2,909	1,480	489	164	88	46	21	17	27	23	16	29	33	46
	Illiterates Read only	3,308		7	78	1,007	1,037	294	93	55	13	10	4	13	9	2	6	2	5
	Education unspecified	2,945				422	139	88	73	50	35	25	29	37	46	12	56	59	45
POPULATION	Males	228,058	14,784	4,803	4,839	5,071	5,057	5,476	5,580	5,778	5,679	5,173	5,081	4,872	4,682	51	4,716	4,574	4,231
	Females	255,490	14,424	4,589	4,746	5,001	5,263	5,377	5,539	5,818	5,536	5,318	5,087	5,027	5,014	61	4,911	5,082	5,024
Females	Illiterates Cannot read	31,340	14,424	4,580	4,656	2,829	1,414	427	150	76	36	22	18	17	21	20	28	25	21
	Illiterates Read only	4,483		9	90	932	1,060	329	91	42	18	13	6	2	7	2	9	6	4
	Education unspecified	3,858				433	187	97	74	46	43	38	33	50	75	19	70	83	64