BREADWINNERS—NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS—CLASSES AND SUB-CLASSES, 1901., Table showing, in respect of the Total of all Classes and of Breadwinners, the Numbers and Proportions per cent. of Persons, Males and Females, belonging to the different Divisions, Classes, and Sub-Classes of Occupations, according to the new classification adopted in Census of 1901.

Class.	Sub-class.	OCCUPATIONS.	NUMERICAL.			CENTESIMAL PROPORTION.
			Persons.	Males.	Females.	In relation to All Classes.			In relation to Breadwinners.
						Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
		Divisions.
		All Classes	172,475	80,624	82,851	100.00	100.00	100.00	234.70	155.64	520.82
		Breadwinners (I-VII.)	78,494	57,585	15,909	42.61	64.25	19.20	100.00	100.00	100.00
		Dependants (VIII.)	98,981	32,039	66,942	57.39	35.75	80.80	134.70	55.64	420.82
		Classes.
I.		Professional	4,997	3,067	1,930	2.90	3.42	2.33	6.80	5.32	12.23
II.		Domestic	7,937	1,463	6,474	4.60	1.63	7.82	10.80	2.54	40.61
III.		Commercial
	A.	Property and Finance	1,364	1,008	356	.79	1.13	.43	1.87	1.75	2.30
	B.	Trade	6,131	5,087	1,044	3.56	5.68	1.26	8.43	8.86	6.77
	C.	Storage	2	2
IV.		Transport and Communication	4,848	4,518	330	2.81	5.04	.39	6.59	7.85	2.07
V.		Industrial	18,750	16,475	2,275	10.88	18.38	2.75	25.53	28.62	14.30
VI.		Agricultural, Pastoral, Mineral, and other Primary Producers
	A.	Agricultural	19,422	17,348	2,074	11.26	19.35	2.51	26.43	30.13	30.03
	B.	Pastoral	1,881	1,518	363	1.09	1.69	.44	2.55	2.63	2.29
	C.	Mineral	5,467	5,466	1	3.17	6.10		7.44	9.49
	D.	Other Primary Producers	1,129	1,107	22	.65	1.24	.02	1.53	1.42	.14
VII.		Indefinite	1,566	526	1,040	.90	.59	1.25	2.13	.91	6.53
VIII.		Dependents	98,981	320.9	66,942	57.39	35.75	80.80	134.70	55.64	420.82