Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1759

RELIGIONS.—NUMBERS FOR EACH DENOMINATION, ETC.

TABLE IV.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris) the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of various Religions in New Zealand, according to the Census taken for the 12th April, 1896.

Episcopalians—
Church of England .. | 281,166 | 148,171 | 132,995 | Other Protestants—continued.
Protestants (undescribed) .. | 1,643 | 996 | 647 | Tabernacle .. | 3 | 2 | 1
Presbyterians .. | 159,952 | 84,259 | 75,693 | United Brethren .. | 1 | 1 | ..
| | | | United Christian Mission .. | 16 | 6 | 10
Methodists— | | | | United Free Mission .. | 9 | 9 | ..
Wesleyan Methodists | 63,373 | 31,481 | 31,892 | United Saints .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Primitive Methodists .. | 7,041 | 3,449 | 3,592 | Young Men's Christian Association .. | 4 | 2 | 2
Methodists (undefined) .. | 2,893 | 1,476 | 1,417 | Young Men's Mission .. | 2 | 2 | ..
Australian Methodists .. | 11 | 6 | 5 | Zwinglians .. | 6 | 4 | 2
Calvinistic Methodists .. | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Evangelical Methodists .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Any Christian Church .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Independent Methodists .. | 18 | 11 | 7 | Baptised Believers .. | 5 | 2 | 3
Lay Methodists .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | Baptised Christian .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Methodist Episcopal Church.. | 1 | .. | 1 | Belong to Christ .. | 8 | 7 | 1
New Zealand Methodists .. | 5 | .. | 5 | Belong to Jesus .. | 1 | .. | 1
Scandinavian Methodist Church .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | Bible-instructed .. | 4 | 1 | 3
Trinity Wesleyans .. | 9 | 6 | 3 | Body of Christ .. | 22 | 12 | 10
| | | | Christ and the Bible .. | 7 | 2 | 5
Other Protestants— | | | | Christian according to the Holy Scripture .. | 4 | 4 | ..
Baptists .. | 16,037 | 7,690 | 8,347 | Christian Endeavour .. | 13 | 6 | 7
Congregational Independents .. | 6,777 | 3,284 | 3,493 | Christian Faith .. | 2 | 2 | ..
Lutherans, German Protestants | 5,538 | 3,537 | 2,001 | Christian Freethinker .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Unitarians .. | 375 | 232 | 143 | Christian Gathering.. | 1 | .. | 1
Society of Friends .. | 321 | 200 | 121 | Christian in the Name of the Lord .. | 5 | 2 | 3
Church of Christ, Christian, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples .. | 5,859 | 2,700 | 3,159 | Christian, no Denomination .. | 205 | 101 | 104
Brethren, Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren | 5,935 | 2,359 | 2,676 | Christian, no Sect .. | 16 | 8 | 8
Believers in Christ .. | 77 | 36 | 41 | Christian Religion .. | 3 | 2 | 1
Evangelists, Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren .. | 33 | 23 | 10 | Christian Science .. | 8 | 4 | 4
Nonconformists .. | 95 | 59 | 36 | Christian Socialists .. | 6 | 5 | 1
Salvation Army .. | 10,532 | 5,244 | 5,288 | Conditional Immortality .. | 88 | 46 | 42
Christadelphians .. | 952 | 485 | 467 | Esoteric Christian .. | 1 | .. | 1
Swedenborgians, New Church, New Jerusalem Church .. | 191 | 101 | 90 | Farley Hall Member .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Seventh-day Adventists .. | 776 | 316 | 460 | Fear and Admonition of the Lord .. | 8 | 1 | 7
Students of Truth .. | 340 | 148 | 192 | Followers of Christ .. | 13 | 9 | 4
Dissenters .. | 65 | 32 | 33 | For Christ .. | 2 | 2 | ..
Christian Israelites, Israelites | 61 | 27 | 34 | Gathered in the Name of the Lord .. | 18 | 7 | 11
| | | | God's Own and Christ's Own.. | 6 | 3 | 3
Australian Church .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Gospel Hall .. | 8 | 2 | 6
Brethren of the Lord .. | 15 | 7 | 8 | Greenfield's Church .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Brotherhood of Christ .. | 7 | 6 | 1 | Home Bible-teaching .. | 7 | 3 | 4
Calvinists .. | 16 | 13 | 3 | Members of the Lord .. | 2 | 1 | 1
Calvinistic Protestant .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Missionary .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Cameronian .. | 2 | 2 | .. | Myself one of the Sons of God .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Central Mission .. | 11 | 6 | 5 | New Catholic .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Chinese Mission .. | 2 | 2 | .. | New Testament .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Christian Believers .. | 11 | 5 | 6 | No Sect, doing God's Will .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Christian Chapel .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Nurture and Admonition of the Lord .. | 3 | 1 | 2
Christian Church .. | 4 | .. | 4 | Ordinary Christian .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Christian Spiritualists .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | Primitive Christians .. | 3 | .. | 3
Church of God .. | 663 | 319 | 344 | Primitive Church .. | 2 | 2 | ..
Church of Jesus Christ .. | 4 | 4 | .. | Professing Christians .. | 9 | 5 | 4
Covenanter .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Religion of the Bible .. | 4 | 3 | 1
Danish Church .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Religion of Christ .. | 9 | 6 | 3
Dippers .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | Sabbath-keepers .. | 5 | 4 | 1
Dutch Reformed Church .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Salvation Catholic .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Evangelical Lutherans .. | 5 | 5 | .. | Saved by the Lord Jesus Christ .. | 3 | 2 | 1
Forward Movement .. | 18 | 9 | 9 | Sinner saved by Grace .. | 1 | 1 | ..
Free Church .. | 26 | 14 | 12 | The Lord's .. | 2 | 1 | 1
Gospel Temperance Mission .. | 142 | 67 | 75 | To Fear God, Obey Parents, and Honour the Queen .. | 7 | 2 | 5
Helping Hand Mission .. | 22 | 11 | 11 | To Know Jesus .. | 6 | 3 | 3
Mission .. | 3 | .. | 3 | Trinity .. | 5 | 5 | ..
Missionary Church of Belgium | 1 | 1 | .. | Unsectarian Believers .. | 10 | .. | 10
Moravians .. | 16 | 11 | 5 | Unsectarian Christians .. | 24 | 8 | 16
Morrisianian .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Unsectarian Protestants .. | 2 | 2 | ..
Nazarene Sect Christian .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
New and Latter House of Israel | 24 | 12 | 12 | Roman Catholics, &c.—
New Zealand Mission .. | 1 | 1 | .. | Roman Catholics .. | 97,525 | 50,348 | 47,177
Our Father's Church .. | 80 | 32 | 48 | Catholics (undefined) .. | 1,279 | 704 | 575
Protestant Mission .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | Greek Church .. | 116 | 99 | 17
Puritans .. | 2 | 2 | .. |
Ranters .. | 3 | 3 | .. | Catholic Apostolic .. | 247 | 118 | 129
| | | | Other Denominations—*
| | | | Hebrews .. | 1,549 | 808 | 741
| | | | Mormons, Latter-day Saints .. | 289 | 162 | 127
| | | | Spiritualists .. | 376 | 196 | 180

• Includes United Methodist Free Churches and Bible Christians, which bodies were incorporated in the Wesleyan Methodist Church on 13th April, 1896.