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 RELIGION — EDUCATION

397

Population (exclusive of aborigines) : —

Enumeration

Female.

rical Increase Increase per cent.

1S46.

1866 . 1876.

1901 . 1911.

1 66, 801

4 -\ 1"1

n, 1 1 b

163

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330, 481

362,604

34

14

14T. 13-8

The population of the State, June 30, 192", was estimated at 47-

Population of the city of Adelaide and suburbs, 1919, 256,660.

Of the population in 1911, 255 were Chinese.

The number of aborigines in the State, including the Northern Territory, has been estimated at over 20,000.

The following are the statistics of births, deaths, and marriages for five vears : —

1914 1916 1917 1918 1919

Deaths

4,713 5,077 4,365 4,390 5,475

Excess of

Births

8,192 6,780 6,961 o,967 5,685

South Australia is a healthy country, with a good climate, and has a high birth and low death-rate. Birth rate, 24 - 27, death-rate, 1201, marriage- rate, 8'45 per 1.000 of population in 1919. Infantile mortality, 64 01 per 1,000 births, one of the lowest rates in the world.

Of the total number of births, only 430 were illegitimate in 1919.

Religion.

The aggregate number of churches and chapels in the State in 1919 was 1,621. At the census of 1911 the numbers belonging to the leading denomina- tions were a3 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-Chri9tian, 2,143 ; not stated, 18,441. No aid from the State is given for religious purposes.

Education.

Public instruction (primary, secondary, technical) 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 Government grants exhibitions and scholarships, carrying the holders to higher schools and universities. In 1919 there were 945 schools, 38 being high schools, 11 domestic art and 6 woodwork