TABLE III.—COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the NUMBER of BREADWINNERS and DEPENDENTS (MALES and FEMALES), of DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS, arranged in EIGHT CLASSES, in the STATE, at the DATE of CENSUS, 1891 and 1901, respectively (exclusive of ABORIGINES).

CLASS.	OCCUPATIONS.	1891.*			1901.			INCREASE.
		PERSONS.	MALES.	FEMALES.	PERSONS.	MALES.	FEMALES.	PERSONS.		MALES.		FEMALES.
								Number.	Per Cent.	Number.	Per Cent.	Number.	Per Cent.
	Total population	316,560	163,030	153,530	362,604	184,422	178,182	46,044	14.55	21,392	13.12	24,652	16.06
	Total specified occupations	312,814	160,979	151,835	362,604	184,422	178,182	49,790	15.92	23,443	14.56	26,347	17.35
	SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS.
	CLASSES.
I.	Professional.—Embracing all persons, not otherwise classed, mainly engaged in the government and defence of the country, and in satisfying the moral, intellectual, and social wants of its inhabitants	7,259	4,659	2,600	8,857	5,372	3,485	1,598	22.01	713	15.30	885	34.04
II.	Domestic.—Embracing all persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal services for which remuneration is usually paid	14,001	2,831	11,170	17,981	3,452	14,529	3,980	28.43	621	21.94	3,359	30.07
III.	Commercial.—Embracing all persons directly connected with the hire, sale, transfer, distribution, storage, and security of property and materials:—
	Property and finance	1,843	1,622	221	2,763	2,267	496	920	49.92	645	39.77	275	124.43
	Trade	14,011	12,421	1,590	17,402	14,813	2,589	3,391	24.20	2,392	19.26	999	62.83
IV.	Transport and Communication.—Embracing all persons engaged in the transport of persons or goods, or in effecting communication	9,895	9,732	163	12,850	12,591	259	2,955	29.86	2,859	29.38	96	58.90
V.	Industrial.—Embracing all persons, not otherwise classed, who are principally engaged in various works of utility, or in specialities connected with the manufacture, construction, modification, or alteration of materials so as to render them more available for the various uses of man, but excluding, as far as possible, all who are mainly or solely engaged in the service of commercial interchange	36,911	31,305	5,606	41,233	34,255	6,978	4,322	11.71	2,950	9.42	1,372	24.47
VI.	Agricultural, Pastoral, Mineral, and other Primary Producers.—Embracing all persons mainly engaged in the cultivation or acquisition of food products, and in obtaining other raw materials from natural sources:—
	Agricultural pursuits	28,570	27,684	886	34,186	33,039	1,147	5,616	19.66	5,355	19.34	261	29.46
	Pastoral pursuits	5,313	3,982	1,331	7,061	4,951	2,110	1,748	32.90	969	24.33	779	58.53
	Mining	3,131	3,131		6,301	6,301		3,170	101.25	3,170	101.25
	Other primary producers	850	849	1	1,613	1,607	6	763	89.76	758	89.28	5	500.00
VII.	Indefinite.—Embracing all persons who derive incomes from services rendered, but the direction of which services cannot be exactly determined	1,578	893	685	3,049	1,680	1,369	1,471	93.22	787	88.13	684	99.85
	SECTION B.—DEPENDENTS : NON-BREADWINNERS.
VIII.	Dependents.—Embracing all persons dependent upon relatives or natural guardians, including wives, children, and others not otherwise engaged in pursuits for which remuneration is paid ; and all persons depending upon private charity, or whose support is a burthen on the public revenue	189,452	61,870	127,582	209,308	64,094	145,214	19,856	10.48	2,224	3.59	17,632	13.82
	Occupation not stated	3,746	2,051	1,695	†