CENSUS RETURNS.
Wkm in -ton, February 18. ItKMGIONS Or THE I'KOIM.E. The following return shows the number of persons (exclusive of Maoris) belong ng to different religious denominations in New Zealand according to the 1891 census :— EpiscopaliansChurch of Ktigland and Episcopalians not otherwise denned ... ... 250,915 Protestants (undescribed) ... ... 2,380 PresbyteriansChurch of Scotland, Free Church of Scotland, Free Presbyterians, Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland, and Presbyterians not otherwise defined ... ... 141,477 Methodists— Wesleyan Methodists ... ... 53, Obi Methodists undefined ... ... 2,071 Primitive Methodists ... ... 5,220 United Methodist Free Churches, Free Methodists, United Methodists ... 1,905 Bible Christians ... ... ... 1,0.19 Others ... ... ... ■•• 8J Baptists ... ... ... ■•• 14,825 Congregational Independents. .. ... 6,685 Lutheran and German Protestants ... 5,616 Unitarians ... ... ... 3,008 Society of Friends ... ... ... Jls Other ProtestantsChurch of Christ (including Christian Church of England, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, and Disciples,) .- ... .» 5.2H Brethren (including Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren) ... .... 3,537 Evangelists (including Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren) ... ... .- 8,393 Nonconformists ... ... >•• 77 Dissenters ... . . ••• Salvation Army .. ... ... !'.•«•» Chmtadelphians... ... ... 700 Swcdenhorgian^includingNeM Church, New Jerusalem Church) ... ... 378 Agnostic... ... •• ••• 32? Deists, Theists ... ... •■• ol Doubtful... ... ... ... 40j No Denomination (\ariously returned) ... 2,!1!M No Region 1,558 Unspecified ... ... ... l.^» Object to State ... ... ... 5,342 Christian Israelites... ... ... 00 Other Protestants (variously returned) ... 1,372 CatholicsRoman Catholics... ... ... 85,80 d Catholics (undefined) ... ... 1,41« Greek Church ... ... ... 5H Catholic Apostolic ... ... 150 Other SectsJews ... ... ... ••■ I»4<>3 Mormons— Latter Day Saints ... 20b Spiritualists ... •■• ••• 33« Buddhists, Pagans, Confucians ... 3,5)28 Others (variously returned) . ... 151 No Denomination— Freethinkers ... 4,475 Total ... ... ... (520,058 KDUCA'IIOV KWUUNS. The number of the population, exclusive of Maoris, attending public, private, and Sunday schools, also those receiving private tuition at home in 1891 were :— ill 111 II ii £§£ Vi% g* Auckland ... 25^0 20,609 2,3fi7 Taranaki ... 4,504 358 2.59J 2»3 Hawke's Bay 4,ii90 810 3,821 421 Wellington ... 18,288 2,006 14,771 1,43? Marlborough.. 2.304 373 1,896 2-0 Nelson ... 6,451 1,0(58 5,(198 464 Westland ... 2,7:55 7U 2,548 130 Canterbury ... 27,38.1 3,720 23,638 1,274 Otago ... 32,214 3,378 26,510 1,494 Totals ... 124,081 VM7 101,975 81,788
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Otago Witness, Issue 1933, 25 February 1892, Page 15
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