Numerical.				Centesimal.
	1870.	1881.	1891.	1901.	1870.	1881.	1891.	1901.
Ages.
Persons	99,328	115,392	146,077	172,328	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Under 5 years	14,302	16,191	21,466	20,865	14.40	14.03	14.69	12.12
5 to 65 years	80,666	93,578	117,884	144,440	81.21	80.09	80.71	83.81
65 and over	4,360	5,623	6,727	7,023	4.39	4.88	4.60	4.07
7 to 14 (school age)		19,322	24,451	30,294		16.70	16.74	17.58
21 years and over (adults)		55,764	72,633	86,399		48.19	49.51	50.13
Males	52,853	60,924	76,990	89,624	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Under 5 years	7,185	8,126	10,839	10,702	13.59	13.34	14.08	11.97
5 to 65 years	42,520	48,916	61,853	74,973	80.46	80.28	80.33	83.77
65 and over	3,148	3,882	4,298	3,829	5.95	6.38	5.89	4.26
20 to 40 years (soldier's age)	10,862	15,805	24,678	28,221	20.55	25.94	32.05	31.54
21 years and over (adults)		30,842	40,037	45,961		50.43	51.62	51.35
20 to 60 years (worker's age)	22,431	25,576	34,715	42,047		41.82	45.08	46.98
Females	46,475	55,543	69,107	82,851	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Under 5 years	7,117	8,065	10,627	10,163	15.32	14.81	15.38	12.28
5 to 65 years	38,146	44,662	55,831	69,467	82.08	82.01	81.12	83.88
65 and over	1,212	1,741	2,629	3,194	2.60	3.18	3.50	3.84
15 to 45 years (fertile age)		24,178	30,579	39,033		44.40	44.27	47.11
21 years and over (adults)		24,922	32,598	40,438		45.70	47.17	48.82