Five years and upwards.

	1870.		1881.		1891.
	Number.	Per cent.	Number.	Per cent.	Number.	Per cent.
Read and Write	13,299	67.20	19,537	76.41	33,746	79.93
Read only	2,556	12.91	2,412	9.43	1,924	4.56
Could not read	3,933	19.87	3,396	13.28	6,548	15.51
Unspecified			222	0.87