FEB. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.

TABLE showing (exclusive of Maoris and Chinese) the Number of the Population, Persons, Males, and Females, at the various Quinquennial Periods of Age, able to Read and Write, Read only, or unable to Read, and the Proportions for every 100 of the Population, according to the Census of the 28th March, 1886.

Numbers (excluding Chinese). Proportion to every 100 at each Quinquennial Period.

Ages. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
Read and Read Cannot Education Read and Read Cannot Education Read and Read Cannot Education Read Read Cannot Un- Read Read Cannot Un- Read Read Cannot Un-
Write. only. Read. Unknown. Write. only. Read. Unknown. Write. only. Read. Unknown. and only. Read. speci- and only. Read. speci- and only. Read. speci-
Write. fied. Write. fied. Write. fied.

All ages .. 421,955 27,389 120,804 3,792 230,031 13,309 61,738 2,616 191,924 14,080 59,066 1,176 73·52 4·77 21·05 ·66 74·76 4·33 20·06 ·85 72·09 5·29 22·18 ·44

All ages above 5 years 421,955 26,619 34,749 3,792 230,031 12,923 18,304 2,616 191,924 13,696 16,445 1,176 86·62 5·47 7·14 ·77 87·17 4·90 6·94 ·99 85·97 6·13 7·37 ·53

Under 5 years .. .. 770 86,055 .. .. 386 43,434 .. .. 384 42,621 .. .. ·88 99·12 .. .. ·88 99·12 .. .. ·89 99·11 ..

5 years to 10 years.. 40,814 17,176 25,743 577 20,273 8,758 13,198 293 20,541 8,418 12,545 284 48·41 20·37 30·53 ·69 47·68 20·59 31·04 ·69 49·16 20·14 30·02 ·68

10 " 15 " .. 64,922 1,364 806 283 32,714 741 454 148 32,208 623 352 135 96·36 2·02 1·20 ·42 96·06 2·18 1·33 ·43 96·67 1·87 1·06 ·40

15 " 20 " .. 57,728 399 510 213 28,368 256 290 118 29,360 143 220 95 98·09 ·68 ·87 ·36 97·71 ·88 1·00 ·41 98·46 ·48 ·74 ·32

20 " 25 " .. 47,546 438 592 267 23,594 225 329 184 23,952 213 263 83 97·34 ·90 1·21 ·55 96·97 ·92 1·35 ·76 97·72 ·87 1·07 ·34

25 " 30 " .. 42,243 616 699 231 23,017 271 388 157 19,226 345 311 74 96·47 1·41 1·59 ·53 96·57 1·14 1·63 ·66 96·34 1·73 1·56 ·37

30 " 35 " .. 35,826 781 904 254 20,624 319 520 176 15,202 462 384 78 94·87 2·07 2·39 ·67 95·31 1·48 2·40 ·81 94·27 2·87 2·38 ·48

35 " 40 " .. 31,017 880 919 192 17,750 349 473 117 13,267 531 446 75 93·97 2·67 2·78 ·58 94·97 1·87 2·53 ·63 92·65 3·71 3·12 ·52

40 " 45 " .. 29,269 1,087 1,073 189 17,323 443 585 113 11,946 644 488 76 92·57 3·44 3·39 ·60 93·82 2·40 3·17 ·61 90·82 4·89 3·71 ·58

45 " 50 " .. 25,790 1,018 983 117 16,522 423 566 74 9,268 595 417 43 92·41 3·65 3·52 ·42 93·95 2·41 3·22 ·42 89·78 5·76 4·04 ·42

50 " 55 " .. 18,800 957 819 113 12,298 403 489 85 6,502 554 330 28 90·87 4·62 3·96 ·55 92·64 3·04 3·68 ·64 87·70 7·47 4·45 ·38

55 " 60 " .. 11,079 587 495 46 7,215 234 318 34 3,864 353 177 12 90·76 4·81 4·05 ·38 92·49 3·00 4·08 ·43 87·70 8·01 4·02 ·27

60 " 65 " .. 7,117 503 435 40 4,428 204 266 24 2,689 299 169 16 87·92 6·21 5·37 ·50 89·96 4·15 5·40 ·49 84·75 9·42 5·33 ·50

65 " 70 " .. 4,469 353 310 34 2,720 120 177 23 1,749 233 133 11 86·51 6·83 6·00 ·66 89·47 3·95 5·82 ·76 82·27 10·96 6·25 ·52

70 " 75 " .. 2,381 221 183 25 1,377 83 100 12 1,004 138 83 13 84·73 7·87 6·51 ·89 87·60 5·28 6·36 ·76 81·10 11·15 6·70 1·05

75 " 80 " .. 1,321 102 96 10 759 34 54 7 562 68 42 3 86·40 6·67 6·28 ·65 88·88 3·98 6·32 ·82 83·26 10·07 6·22 ·45

80 and upwards .. 717 98 89 11 437 40 43 5 280 58 46 6 78·36 10·71 9·73 1·20 83·24 7·62 8·19 ·95 71·80 14·87 11·79 1·54

Unspecified age under 55 8 46 21 17 5 19 13 38 3 27 8 42·31 6·15 35·39 16·15 31·48 9·26 35·19 24·07 50·00 3·95 35·53 10·52
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Unspecified age over 861 31 47 1,169 595 15 35 1,033 266 16 12 136 40·84 1·47 2·23 55·46 35·46 ·89 2·09 61·56 61·86 3·72 2·79 31·63
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