Denominations.	Proportion to 100 of total Population.
	1854.	1859.	1870.	1881.	1891.
1. Church of England	55.58	67.00	58.98	54.74	49.75
2. Roman Catholic	16.98	22.60	28.72	28.32	25.04
3. Wesleyan	4.92	5.63	5.54	7.01	9.15
4. Presbyterian	*	1.40	2.13	3.38	4.01
5. Congregational	2.49	2.60	3.55	4.25	3.16
Others	†20.03	0.77	1.08	2.30	8.89
TOTAL	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00