Table No. XL., SHOWING the NUMBER of MALES, FEMALES, and PERSONS at each QUINQUENNIAL PERIOD of AGE up to 60 YEARS, and thence DECENNIALLY to 100 YEARS and upwards, at the CENSUS Enumerations of 1886, 1891, and 1901 respectively.
PERIODS OF AGES.	1886.			1891.			1901.
PERIODS OF AGES.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.
All Ages	190,344	132,519	322,853	223,779	169,939	393,718	280,092	223,174	503,266
Under 1 year to 5 years	22,874	22,291	45,165	30,453	29,872	60,325	31,626	31,000	62,626
5 to 10 years	19,189	18,767	37,956	23,814	23,272	47,086	32,264	31,273	63,537
10 to 15 years	15,651	15,331	30,982	19,897	19,256	39,153	29,439	28,863	58,302
15 to 20 years	15,962	14,313	30,275	18,199	17,129	35,328	24,148	23,131	47,279
20 to 25 years	23,643	14,817	38,460	23,705	18,650	42,355	25,197	21,590	46,787
25 to 30 years	23,172	12,372	35,544	25,318	15,907	41,225	24,102	18,559	42,661
30 to 35 years	16,978	8,247	25,225	21,015	12,117	33,132	22,935	16,213	39,148
35 to 40 years	12,891	6,868	19,759	15,349	8,515	23,864	22,303	13,863	36,166
40 to 45 years	11,751	6,206	17,957	12,022	6,844	18,866	18,562	10,861	29,423
45 to 50 years	9,741	4,688	14,429	10,375	6,086	16,461	13,155	7,448	20,603
50 to 55 years	6,749	3,294	10,043	9,045	4,672	13,717	10,274	6,100	16,374
55 to 60 years	3,659	1,985	5,644	5,365	2,972	8,337	8,008	4,941	12,949
60 to 70 years	3,621	2,175	5,796	5,287	3,126	8,413	10,967	6,389	17,356
70 to 80 years	989	636	1,625	1,566	1,028	2,594	3,196	2,091	5,287
80 to 90 years	150	109	259	244	183	427	561	437	998
90 to 100 years	10	3	13	18	12	30	34	30	64
100 and upwards	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	1	1	2	3	5
Age not specified	3,314	407	3,721	2,107	297	2,404	3,319	382	3,701