INCREASE OR DIMINUTION OF EACH CLASS—(MALES AND FEMALES)., TABLE IV.—Showing the Numerical and Proportionate Increase or Diminution of Males and Females engaged in the several Classes of Occupations, in the intervals of the Census of 1854, 1857, and 1861, exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.
OCCUPATIONS.	MALES.							FEMALES.
	Males, 1854.	Increase or Diminution, from 1854 to 1857.		Males, 1857.	Increase or Diminution, from 1857 to 1861.		Males, 1861.	Females, 1854.	Increase or Diminution, from 1854 to 1857.		Females, 1857.	Increase or Diminution, from 1857 to 1861.		Females, 1861.
	Males, 1854.	Numerical.	Rate per cent.	Males, 1857.	Numerical.	Rate per cent.	Males, 1861.	Females, 1854.	Numerical.	Rate per cent.	Females, 1857.	Numerical.	Rate per cent.	Females, 1861.
CLASSES.
CLASS I.—Government—Persons engaged in the general and local government and defence of the country	3,965	- 46	- 1.2	3,919	- 174	- 4.4	3,745	17	10	58.8	27	1	3.7	28
CLASS II.—Professional—Persons in the learned professions (with their immediate subordinates) not in the Government service	1,359	531	39.1	1,890	609	32.2	2,499	67	158	235.8	235	286	127.1	511
CLASS III.—Professional—Persons engaged in literature, fine arts, and sciences	845	930	110.0	1,775	673	37.9	2,448	438	713	162.8	1,151	676	58.6	1,827
CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep, or lend money or goods	11,647	- 254	- 2.2	11,393	1,372	12.0	12,765	232	1,076	381.6	1,358	425	31.3	1,783
CLASS V.—Personal Offices—Persons engaged in entertaining, clothing, and performing personal offices for man	6,845	2,546	37.2	9,391	2,396	25.5	11,787	11,126	8,577	77.1	19,703	4,580	23.2	24,283
CLASS VI.—Manufacturing—Persons engaged in art and mechanical productions, and in working and dealing in mineral, vegetable, and animal matters	18,461	6,405	34.7	24,866	8,540	34.3	33,406		159	Infinite	159	65	40.9	224
CLASS VII.—Gold Mining—Persons engaged in digging for, washing out, and extracting gold	36,332	25,879	71.2	62,211	- 398	- 0.6	61,813		217	Infinite	217	- 75	- 34.6	142
CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and Pastoral—Persons working land and engaged in growing grain, fruits, animals, and other products	14,378	17,797	123.8	32,175	12,853	40.0	45,028	95	4,740	4985.5	4,835	2,296	47.5	7,131
CLASS IX.—Carrying—Persons engaged in the conveyance of men and goods	11,669	1,436	12.3	13,105	- 965	- 7.4	12,140		51	Infinite	51	5	9.8	56
CLASS X.—Persons dealing in food and drinks	3,307	4,746	143.5	8,053	2,741	34.0	10,794	22	896	4072.7	918	358	39.0	1,276
CLASS XI.—Miscellaneous Pursuits—Persons engaged in occupations not embraced in other classes	10,236	- 1243	- 12.1	8,993	2,089	23.2	11,082	526	- 397	- 72.1	129	- 27	- 20.9	102
CLASS XII.—Independent Means—Persons of property and rank, not returned under any office or occupation	1,653	- 862	- 52.1	791	221	27.9	1,012	290	94	32.4	384	- 34	- 8.9	350
CLASS XIII.—Persons engaged in domestic offices or duties and of no specified occupation, scholars, &c.	30,204	22,197	73.5	52,401	31,277	59.7	83,678	63,105	51,987	82.4	115.092	55,663	48.4	170,755
CLASS XIV.—Persons maintained at public cost, or by the community	2,590	16	0.6	2,606	716	27.5	3,322	4,331	- 3822	88.2	509	539	105.9	1,048
CLASS XV.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified, or who were unemployed, &c.	2,386	1,789	75.0	4,174	3,188	76.4	7,362	601	566	94.3	1,167	332	28.5	1,499
Total	155,876	81,867	52.5	237,743	65,138	27.4	302,881	80,900	65,025	80.4	145,925	65,090	44.6	211,015