Table No. LXXXV., SHOWINGS 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—continued.

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.
ORDER XI.—WORKING AND DEALING IN ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES.
Sub-Order I.—In Animal Matters	2,179	2,169	10	260	255	5	987	984	3	45.30	45.37	30.00	1.26	2.07	0.02	0.12	0.21	0.01
II.—In Vegetable Matters				2,906	2,898	8										1.36	2.31	0.02
TOTAL ORDER No. XI.	2,179	2,169	10	3,166	3,153	13	987	984	3	45.30	45.37	30.00	1.26	2.07	0.02	1.48	2.52	0.02
ORDER XII.—WORKING AND DEALING IN MINERALS.
Sub-Order I.—For Gold—
No. 1.Gold	12,541	12,538	3	10,168	10,164	4	*2373	*2374	1	*18.92	*18.93	33.33	7.24	11.94		4.76	8.11	0.01
No. 5.Copper	396	395	1	119	119		*277	*276	*1	*69.95	*69.87	*100.00	0.23	0.38	0.00	0.06	0.10
No. 6.Tin	799	799		1,121	1,121		322	322		40.30	40.30		0.46	0.76		0.53	0.89
No. 8.Other Metals				31	31		31	31								0.01	0.02
Sub-Order II.—Coal	194	194		339	337	2	145	143	2	74.74	73.71		0.11	0.18		0.16	0.27	0.00
Sub-Order III.—In Stone, Clay, Earthenware, and Glass	2,268	2,252	16	2,063	2,061	2	1,900	1,909	*9	83.77	84.77	*56.25	1.31	2.15	0.02	0.97	1.64	0.00
Sub-Order IV.—In Water				388	388											0.18	0.31
Sub-Order V.—In Gold, Silver, and Precious Stones				83	81	2										0.04	0.07	0.00
VI.—In Metals, other than Gold or Silver				1,634	1,631	3										0.76	1.30	0.01
TOTAL ORDER No. XII.	16,198	16,178	20	15,946	15,933	13	*252	*245	*7	*1.55	*1.51	*35.00	9.35	15.41	0.02	7.47	12.71	0.02
TOTAL CLASS V.	28,836	27,087	1,749	33,117	30,157	2,960	4,281	3,070	1,211	14.84	11.33	69.24	16.64	25.79	2.56	15.52	24.06	3.36
Class VI.—(Indefinite and Non-Productive).
ORDER XIII.—LABOUR (BRANCH NOT DEFINED).
Sub-Order I.—Labourer, Branch unspecified	5,123	5,107	16	4,609	4,596	13	*514	*511	*3	*10.08	*10.01	*18.75	2.96	4.87	0.02	2.16	3.67	0.01
Sub-Order II.—Occupation Indefinite				924	817	107	924	817	107							0.43	0.65	0.12
TOTAL ORDER No. XIII.	5,123	5,107	16	5,533	5,413	120	410	306	104	8.00	5.99	650.00	2.96	4.87	0.02	2.59	4.32	0.13
ORDER XIV.—PERSONS OF PROPERTY OR RANK				116	85	31	116	85	31							0.05	0.07	0.04
ORDER XV.—PUBLIC BURTHEN.
Sub-Order I.—Supported by Funds, Voluntary or From Revenue	938	564	374	1,739	1,110	629	801	546	255	85.39	96.81	68.18				0.82	0.88	0.71
Sub-Order II.—Criminals	348	307	41	412	343	69	64	36	28	18.39	11.73	68.29				0.19	0.28	0.08
TOTAL ORDER No. XV.	1,286	871	415	2,151	1,453	698	865	582	283	67.26	66.82	68.19	0.74	0.82	0.61	1.01	1.16	0.79
NO OCCUPATION, OR OCCUPATION NOT STATED.
No Occupation				885	785	100	885	785	100							0.41	0.63	0.11
Occupation unspecified	1,570	1,326	244	951	759	192	*619	*567	*52	*39.43	*42.76	*21.31	0.91	1.26	0.36	0.45	0.60	0.22
TOTAL CLASS VI.	7,979	7,304	675	9,636	8,495	1,141	1,657	1,191	466	20.77	16.31	69.04	4.61	6.95	0.99	4.51	6.78	1.29