r 
transactions OF THE SECTIONS. ^03 
lome bmind that although 33 per ^ent. i« the arcrage lor a 
<d« i, ton! 5-15 per«»t. *o.e »nd 
15-30 per cent, and 30 per cent, ami upwards aboje and Mow the a 
iiflhmrt of criminaU unable to either read or of cSe 
Wpercent, and3-3percent..greater in the countte* 
On ibe other hand, the proportion who can read and wnte p . ^ 
rspooding increase in fivolir of the groups with a low “verafc^ ofjr.mc» the Oiflcr 
enceibei4' 37 j^r cent., 7*7 per cent., and 5*2 per ccnt.rwp^^^^ 
For the total of the counties in which crime is ... averaec. average, 
. . ; 33-4 «»*o 
Ib« percentage who can neither read nor wnte la.*{ jjgr 4.4 per cent. 
r 58'2 
The per-centage that can read and write imperfectly w ... jj|p g.g per cent. 
■tta. r.r it would .earn ttal the evidence furnUhed W 
»to ibow that even the small umnunt of instfuetjon thus recog . j' _ further 
5ufa« ia ihc development of crime. Were the mresttgaUon 
*1 ihould he fmetd to conclude that since the moat criminal distncW sho 
Wio of uninrtnicted pewons among the criminal ^ cduca- 
iiitriets a less proportion, who are'wholly destitute of *he rudc'i . .-.ju,, tends 
iwn. an immediate inference is, that even this small degree ” * . , wond its 
to th« repi'csskin of crime. Unless, however, the *"*'*1'*'''neculia/ results 
prrwoi limits, it may he objected, ns in the former paper, that t p j-.jf^fence8 
produced mayariseVrom sJme other cause than education, 
of auimraciures. of agriculture, of wealth, or of position m ^ ® real 
'“ding in combination with the degree of critne alrcndy noticed, y 
active agent in producing the peculiar results attributed ^a- 
|» see how fur the facts of the case would support this view of the q * 
series of tables giving the results of a more refined analysis was p > 
*^ich the following is a brief extract_ — 
Rario of Crimma!* in llie teefma* of 
Infer'or dcpvoaf 
cOoewtiou in tUo 
^neml community. 
Gnnpi of Countin. 
It 
* . 
. c 
u 8 c 
•tl t 
1? 
^ M 
S 8 
^ •>« 
U i 
?s 
'A 
1-^ 
1 
si| 
^r^Mcst agricultural . 
08'1 
56*3 
5-2 
•3 
*»nu(acturiDg interest, 33* \ 
per cent, above the average J 
ManufMtnring and agriculta-' 
^ interestt nearly ctpial.. . 
« Here persons unable to write T 
3V9 
58*0 
9'1 
•9 
39*6 
64'3 
5-7 
*2 
meir names is 33 a per cent. 
»bove,tnd25 percent, below. 
36-9 
57-2 
5‘5 
•4 
the average . 
fotri of the kingdom 
. 32*t 
( 57-] 
7*; 
•6 
Snpefinr degrt* o. 
eJucatioa in tl* 
tlj 
8 § 
li 
1 A 
4> 
'C 
1.1 
es 
t . S 
a» 1 
]' 29-5l64*l 
5*8 
7! 27*2 
60*8 
11-8 
4j 30*7 
61*4 
7*4 
9 29*2 
59-6 
10*8 
s] 29*1 
60'i 
7*7 
■P 
a 
•5 2*3 
•j 1-7 
2-7 
2-1 
2-1 
