THE COLONY, MUNICIPALITIES, MINING DISTRICTS—(NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS)., TABLE X.—Showing the Number of Proportions per cent. to their respective Totals, of Persons, Males an Females, of different Occupations in the whole Colony, in the Corporate Towns and Municipalities, and in the Mining Districts.

OCCUPATIONS.	The Colony.
	Numbers.			Proportions per cent.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
CLASSES AND SUB-CLASSES.
CLASS I.—Government—Persons engaged in the general and local government and defence of the country :
Sub-class 1. Officers of general government—Ministers of state, judges, resident magistrates, clerks, surveyors, &c.	1,204	1,204		0.223	0.367
Sub-class 2. Officers of local government—Municipal officers, district road board officers, &c.	149	149		0.027	0.045
Sub-class 3. Army, navy, police—Officers, soldiers, constables, warders, turnkeys, searchers, &c.	1,896	1,876	20	0.351	0.571	0.009
Sub-class 4. Workmen in government employment. — Messengers, office keepers, chainmen in government survey parties, &c.	525	517	8	0.098	0.157	0.004
CLASS II.—Professional—Persons in the learned professions (with their immediate subordinates) not in the Government service :
Sub-class 1. Clergy, ministers, priests, missionaries, scripture readers, and their subordinates, sexton, pew-openers, &c.	490	477	13	0.091	0.145	0.006
Sub-class 2. Physicians, surgeons, oculists, dentists, &c.	653	649	4	0.121	0.197	0.002
Sub-class 3. Dispensing chemists, sick nurses, hospital attendants, and others ministering to health in a subordinate capacity	1,029	535	494	0.190	0.163	0.233
Sub-class 4. Lawyers—Barristers, attorneys, conveyancers, &c.	380	380		0.070	0.116
Sub-class 5. Law clerks, law stationers, official assignees, bailiffs, law court officers, &c.	538	538		0.100	0.164
CLASS III.—Professional—Persons engaged in literature, fine arts, and sciences :
Sub-class 1. Teachers, schoolmasters, schoolmistresses, governesses, music teachers, inspectors of schools, &c.	2,777	1,093	1,684	0.514	0.333	0.796
Sub-class 2. Architects, civil engineers, surveyors (land), draughtsmen, &c.	560	560		0.104	0.170
Sub-class 3. Other professions — Authors, editors, reporters, photographers, musicians, &c.	949	806	143	0.176	0.245	0.067
CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep, or lend money or goods :
Sub-class 1. Merchants	773	764	9	0.143	0.233	0.004
Sub-class 2. Shop and storekeepers, warehousemen, dealers, hawkers, &c.	7,850	6,411	1,439	1.453	1.951	0.680
Sub-class 3. Bankers, brokers, accountants, auctioneers, commission agents, &c.	1,901	1,891	10	0.352	0.575	0.004
Sub-class 4. Commercial clerks, assistants in shops, storemen, salesmen, &c.	5,070	4,743	327	0.938	1.443	0.155
CLASS V.—Personal offices—Persons engaged in entertaining, clothing, and performing personal offices for man :
Sub-class 1. Inn and lodging-house keepers, barman, barmaids, &c.	4,632	3,109	1,523	0.856	0.946	0.719
Sub-class 2. Tailors, shoemakers, dressmakers, outfitters, hatters, &c.	8,115	4,144	3,971	1.502	1.261	1.876
Sub-class 3. Domestic servants (general), cooks, coachmen (private servants), grooms (private servants), &c.	23,695	4,899	18,796	4.385	1.490	8.880
CLASS VI.—Manufacturing—Persons engaged in art and mechanical productions, and in working and dealing in mineral, vegetable, and animal matters :
Sub-class 1. Contractors—Special branch in which they work being undefined	468	467	1	0.087	0.142
Sub-class 2. Masons, bricklayers, slaters, hodmen, plasterers, &c.	4,193	4,193		0.776	1.276
Sub-class 3. Quarrymen, brickmakers, road and railway laborers, &c.	8,047	8,040	7	1.489	2.446	0.003
Sub-class 4. Blacksmiths, whitesmiths, founders, mechanical engineers, &c.	5,647	5,618	29	1.045	1.710	0.014