CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—OCCUPATIONS., TABLE I.—The Occupations of Persons, Males and Females, under the Divisions Breadwinners and Dependents, also arranged in Classes, at the date of each Census, from 1871 to 1901.

Class.	OCCUPATIONS.	1871.			1881.			1891.			1901.
		Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.
	DIVISIONS.
	Breadwinners	171,320	36,373	207,693	262,691	54,963	317,654	382,385	89,502	471,887	451,403	113,396	564,799
	Dependents	99,820	190,854	290,674	145,410	282,510	427,920	223,711	425,950	649,661	256,634	531,164	787,798
	CLASSES.
I	Professional	6,817	2,075	8,892	11,546	4,288	15,834	21,186	10,417	31,603	26,855	14,529	41,384
II	Domestic	8,721	16,507	25,228	12,689	25,000	37,689	17,704	38,249	55,953	20,128	52,690	72,818
III	Commercial	23,119	2,473	25,592	41,441	4,194	45,635	50,837	4,782	55,619	67,097	10,567	77,664
IV	Transport and Communication							34,208	500	31,708	42,822	1,045	43,867
V	Industrial	49,316	6,126	55,442	97,293	10,326	107,619	118,998	17,819	136,817	122,692	23,996	146,688
VI	Primary Producers—	81,431	8,027	89,458	96,091	8,905	104,996	134,846	12,118	146,964	168,212	4,642	172,854
	Agricultural	45,733	6,361	52,094	60,365	6,520	66,885	66,478	7,022	73,500	75,884	1,735	77,619
	Pastoral*	17,169	1,666	18,835	17,333	2,385	19,718	27,212	334	27,546	31,312	595	31,907
	Dairying*							4,996	4,758	9,754	15,850	2,285	18,135
	Mining	18,529		18,529	18,393		18,393	30,936	1	30,937	38,378	4	38,382
	Others							5,224	3	5,227	6,788	23	6,811
VII	Indefinite	1,916	1,165	3,081	3,631	2,250	5,881	4,606	5,617	10,223	3,597	5,927	9,524
VIII	Dependents	99,820	190,854	290,674	145,410	282,510	427,920	223,711	425,950	649,661	256,634	531,164	787,798
	Total, Specified Occupations	271,140	227,227	498,367	408,101	337,473	745,574	606,096	515,452	1,121,548	708,037	644,560	1,352,597
	Occupation not stated	4,411	1,203	5,614	3,048	2,846	5,894	1,907	499	2,406	1,968	281	2,249
	Total	275,551	228,430	503,981	411,149	340,319	751,468	608,003	515,951	1,123,954	710,005	644,841	1,354,846