CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—OCCUPATIONS., TABLE II.—Showing the Proportion per cent. of Persons, Males and Females, of various Occupations, in Divisions and Classes, at the date of each Census from 1861 to 1891.

Class.	OCCUPATIONS.	1861.			1871.			1881.			1891.
		Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.
	Total, Specified Occupations	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
	DIVISIONS.
	Breadwinners	67.58	19.07	46.46	63.19	16.01	41.67	64.37	16.29	42.61	63.13	17.36	42.09
	Dependents	32.42	80.93	53.54	36.81	83.99	58.33	35.63	83.71	57.39	36.87	82.64	57.91
	CLASSES.
I	Professional	2.55	0.77	1.77	2.51	0.91	1.78	2.83	1.27	2.12	3.48	2.02	2.81
II	Domestic	3.15	9.21	5.79	3.22	7.27	5.06	3.11	7.41	5.06	2.91	7.41	4.98
III	Commercial	7.93	1.35	5.07	8.53	1.09	5.14	10.15	1.24	6.12	13.42	1.04	7.73
IV	Industrial	18.47	2.64	11.58	18.19	2.70	11.12	23.84	3.06	14.43	20.25	3.45	12.53
V	Primary Producers—
	Agriculture	17.17	3.81	11.35	16.87	2.80	10.45	14.79	1.93	8.97	11.16	1.36	6.65
	Pastoral Pursuits	6.78	0.82	4.18	6.33	0.73	3.78	4.25	0.71	2.65	5.15	0.99	3.23
	Mining	10.91		6.16	6.83		3.72	4.51		2.47	5.11	0.00	2.76
	Other Primary Producers										0.86	0.00	0.47
VI	Indefinite	0.62	0.47	0.56	0.71	0.51	0.62	0.89	0.67	0.79	0.79	1.09	0.93
VII	Dependents	32.42	80.93	53.54	36.81	83.99	58.33	35.63	83.71	57.39	36.87	82.64	57.91