Table No. LXXXV., SHOWING the OCCUPATIONS of PERSONS, MALES, and FEMALES, at the CENSUS ENUMERATIONS of 1876 and 1881, arranged in CLASSES, ORDERS, and SUB-ORDERS ; also the NUMERICAL and CENTESIMAL INCREASE or DECREASE under each head, and the PROPORTION per CENT. those under each head bear to the TOTAL NUMBER of PERSONS, MALES, and FEMALES, respectively.

CLASSES, ORDERS, &c.	1876.			1881.			INCREASE OR DECREASE.						PROPORTION PER CENT. OF THE POPULATION.
							Numerical.			Centesimal.			1876.			1881.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
TOTAL OF OCCUPATIONS	173,283	105,009	68,274	213,525	125,325	88,200	40,242	20,316	19,926				100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Class I.—(Professional).
ORDER I.—GOVERNMENT AND DEFENCE.
Sub-Order I.—General Government—
No. 2.Principal Officer	39	39		100	100		61	61		156.41	156.41		0.02	0.04		0.05	0.08
No. 3.Clerks, Accountants, &c.	808	642	166	361	361		*447	*281	*166	*55.32	*43.77	*100.00	0.46	0.61	0.24	0.17	0.29
No. 4.Architects, Surveyors, Draughtsmen, &c.	601	592	9	103	103		*502	*466	*36	*37.92	36.64	*69.23	0.77	1.21	0.08	0.39	0.65	0.02
No. 6.Police				492	492
No. 7.Penal Department				54	50	4
No. 8.Others	723	680	43	173	161	12
Sub-Order II.—Local Government				118	117	1	118	117	1							0.05	0.09	0.00
Sub-Order III.—Defence—
No. 1.Army Officer				9	9		25	25								0.01	0.02
No. 3.Naval Officer				1	1
No. 4.Sailor, R.N.				1	1
No. 5.Volunteer				13	13
No. 6.Others				1	1
TOTAL ORDER No. I.	2,171	1,953	218	1,426	1,409	17	*745	*544	*201	*34.32	*27.85	*92.20	1.25	1.86	0.32	0.67	1.13	0.02
ORDER II.—LEARNED PROFESSIONS, LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE.
Sub-Order I.—Divinity	258	181	77	374	232	142	116	51	65	44.96	28.17	84.42	0.15	0.17	0.11	0.18	0.18	0.16
Sub-Order II.—Law	171	171		285	285		114	114		66.67	66.67		0.10	0.16		0.13	0.23
Sub-Order III.—Medicine	313	278	35	406	332	74	93	54	39	29.71	19.42	111.43	0.18	0.27	0.05	0.19	0.27	0.08
Sub-Order IV.—Literature	1,112	680	432	39	38	1	722	265	457	64.93	38.97	105.79	0.64	0.65	0.63	0.85	0.75	1.01
Sub-Order V.—Science				84	84
Sub-Order VI.—Education				1,365	594	771
Sub-Order VII.—Fine Arts				104	86	18
Sub-Order VIII.—Music				138	58	80
Sub-Order IX.—Exhibitions				104	85	19
TOTAL ORDER No. II.	1,854	1,310	544	2,899	1,794	1,105	1,045	484	561	56.36	36.95	103.12	1.07	1.25	0.79	1.35	1.43	1.25
TOTAL CLASS I.	4,025	3,268	762	4,325	3,203	1,122	300	*60	360	7.45	*1.84	47.24	2.32	3.11	1.11	2.02	2.56	1.27
Class II.—(Domestic).
ORDER III.—DOMESTIC OFFICES.
Sub-Order I.—Wife, Widow	26,946		26,946	24,782		24,782	*2164		*2164	*8.03		*8.03	15.55		39.47	11.61	0.00	28.10
II.—Son, Daughter, Relative, Visitor	453	453		10,091	1,268	8,823	9,638	815	8,823	2127.59	179.91		0.26	0.43		4.73	1.01	10.00