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 RELIGION AND INSTRUCTION

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proper is 380,070 square miles, i.e., excluding the Northern Territory (523,620 square miles).

Population (exclusive of Aborigines) : —

Population

On previous Census

Date oi Bnumeratiou

Males

Females

Total

Numerical Increase Increase per cent.

1846 . 1855 . 1866 . 1876 . 1891 . 1901 . 1911.

12,670 43,720

85,334 110,491 166,801 184,422 207,358

9,720 42,101 78,118 102,780 153,630 178,182 201,200

22,390 85,821 163,452 213,271 320,431 362,604 408,558

5,024 i 28-9 22,121 34-7 36,622 ' 28-8 27,645 14 '0 40,566 14-5 42,173 13-2 45,954 ' 12-7

Population of the city of Adelaide and suburbs, 1911, 192,429. Of the population in 1911, 255 were Chinese. The following are the statistics of births, deaths, and marriages for five years:

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

Births

9,209

9,756

10,064

10,540

11,057

Marriages

3,070 3,112 3,275 3,661 4,036

Deaths

3,736

3,834 3,782 4,014 4,038

Excess of Births

5,473 5,922 6,282 6,526 7,019

The following are statistics of immigrants and emigrants by sea : —

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1907 1908

1909

1910 1911

Immigrants Emigrants

18,797 18,250 12,114 17,041

19,52] 16,793

22,735 27,923 20,011 22,102

Religion and Instruction.

The aggregate number of churches and chapels in the State in 1911 was 1,579. At the census of 1911 the numbers belonging to the leading denomina- tions were as follows: — Church of England, 113,781 ; Roman Catholic, 50,964; Methodists, 100,402 ; Lutherans, 26,681 ; Baptists, 21,863 ; Presbyterians, 22,567; Congregationalists, 13,357; Church of Christ, 9,324 ; Salvation Army, 3,835 ; other Christians, 23,769 ; Jews, 765 ; Mohammedans, 440 ; Confucians, &c., 226; other non-Christian, 2,143 ; not stated, 18,441. No aid from the State is given for religious purposes.

Public instruction is under the charge of the Educational Department. Teachers are paid from the general revenue^ public lands being set apart for educational purposes. Education is secular, free, and compulsory. The Govern- ment grants exhibitions and scholarships, carrying the holders to higher