|
1871. |
1876. |
Increase or Decrease. |
| Government Service |
2,069 |
3,104 |
1,035 |
| Learned Professions— |
|
|
|
| Clergy |
163 |
258 |
95 |
| Law |
131 |
171 |
40 |
| Medicine |
295 |
313 |
18 |
| Pastoral, including employers and employed |
11,360 |
10,506 |
-854 |
| Agricultural, including employers and employed |
13,732 |
17,069 |
3,337 |
| Mining— |
|
|
|
| Gold |
6,139 |
12,541 |
6,402 |
| Copper |
369 |
396 |
27 |
| Tin |
Nil. |
799 |
799 |
| Coal |
122 |
194 |
72 |