TABLE I.—SUMMARY showing the NUMBER of PERSONS of both SEXES and of all AGES, in each DISTRICT of the COLONY, who could READ and WRITE, READ ONLY, and COULD NOT READ, at date of CENSUS 1881 (exclusive of Aborigines).

District.	Population of all Ages.			Read and Write.		Read only.		Could not Read.		Unspecified.
	Total.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
Blackwood	370	211	159	149	111	13	10	49	38
Fremantle	4,133	2,264	1,869	1,559	1,258	178	180	527	431
Greenough and Irwin	1,768	1,052	716	657	440	82	68	281	179	32	29
Murray	833	501	332	348	202	27	29	120	99	6	2
The North	661	542	119	395	76	8	8	81	34	58	1
Perth	5,822	2,981	2,841	2,093	1,937	185	213	703	691
Plantagenet	1,643	992	651	717	442	66	45	193	164	16
Sussex	1,173	661	512	463	323	44	50	154	139
Swan	1,924	1,070	854	693	525	76	84	285	239	16	6
Toodyay	2,769	1,610	1,159	1,051	692	146	107	413	360
Victoria	2,609	1,634	975	1,066	545	114	112	414	306	40	12
Wellington	1,943	1,065	878	732	538	89	93	240	247	4
Williams	1,325	844	481	578	283	53	46	213	152
York	2,735	1,635	1,100	1,015	649	168	118	452	333
Grand Total of Colony	29,708	17,062	12,646	11,516	8,021	1,249	1,163	4,125	3,412	172	50