TABLE VIII.—SUMMARY showing, at the DATE of the CENSUS of 1891, the NUMBER of PERSONS, MALES and FEMALES (exclusive of CHINESE and ABORIGINES), of DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS, arranged in SEVEN CLASSES.

CLASS.	OCCUPATIONS.	PERSONS.			MALES.			FEMALES.
		Total.	Under 21 Years.	21 Years and upwards.	Total.	Under 21 Years.	21 Years and upwards.	Total.	Under 21 Years.	21 Years and upwards.
	Total Population	316,560	163,164	153,396	160,030	82,342	80,688	153,530	80,822	72,708
	Total of Specified Occupations	312,814	160,658	152,156	160,979	81,362	79,617	151,835	79,296	72,539
	SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS.
I.	Professional.—Embracing persons, not otherwise classed, engaged in the government and defence of the country, in maintaining law and order, and in satisfying the moral, itellectual and social wants of its inhabitants	7,259	1,106	6,153	4,659	544	4,115	2,600	562	2,038
II.	Domestic.—Embracing persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal services for which payment is usually made	14,001	5,880	8,121	2,831	612	2,219	11,170	5,268	5,902
III.	Commercial.—Embracing persons engaged in pursuits connected with the purchase, sale, exchange, hire, custody, and security of money, land, and goods ; and with the conveyance, distribution, and delivery of passengers, goods, and communications :—
	Sub-Class A.—Property and Finance	1,843	147	1,696	1,622	143	1,479	221	4	217
	Sub-Class B.—Trade	13,443	3,529	9,914	11,853	3,055	8,798	1,590	474	1,116
	Sub-Class C.—Storage	568	68	500	568	68	500
	Sub-Class D.—Transport and Communication	9,895	1,929	7,966	9,732	1,904	7,828	163	25	138
IV.	Industrial.—Embracing persons, not otherwise classed, engaged in works or specialities connected with the construction, modification, or alteration of materials, so as to render them more available for the use of man	36,911	8,997	27,914	31,305	6,384	24,921	5,606	2,613	2,993
V.	Primary Producers.—Embracing persons mainly engaged in the cultivation or acquisition of food products, and in obtaining other raw materials from natural sources	37,864	9,307	28,557	35,646	8,214	27,432	2,218	1,093	1,125
VI.	Indefinite.— Embracing persons living upon incomes awarded for services rendered at some previous period, or upon incomes the source of which is not perfectly defined	1,578	22	1,556	893	14	879	685	8	677
	SECTION B.—NON-BREADWINNERS.
VII.	Dependants.—Embracing wives, relatives, and others employed (if employed at all) in household or other pursuits for which payment is not usually made ; also children and others being educated, and persons supported by public or private charity or detained in penal institutions	189,452	129,673	59,779	61,870	60,424	1,446	127,582	69,249	58,333
	Occupation not stated	3,746	2,506	1,240	2,051	980	1,071	1,695	1,526	169