NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS, 1854, 1857, 1861 — (CLASSES)., TABLE V.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per cent. to their respective Totals of Persons, Males, and Females, following each Class of Occupations in 1854, 1857, and 1861.

CLASSES.	Numbers.									Proportions per cent.
	1854.			1857.			1861.			1854.			1857.			1861.
	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.
CLASS I.—Government—Persons engaged in the general and local government and defence of the country	3,982	3,965	17	3,946	3,919	27	3,773	3,745	28	1.682	2.544	0.021	1.028	1.648	0.018	0.734	1.237	0.013
CLASS II.—Professional—Persons in the learned professions (with their immediate subordinates) not in the Government service	1,426	1,359	67	2,115	1,890	225	3,010	2,499	511	0.601	0.872	0.082	0.550	0.796	0.154	0.585	0.825	0.242
CLASS III.—Professional—Persons engaged in literature, fine arts, and sciences	1,283	845	438	2,926	1,775	1,151	4,275	2,448	1,827	0.542	0.543	0.541	0.763	0.747	0.788	0.831	0.808	0.866
CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep, or lend money or goods	11,929	11,647	282	12,751	11,393	1,358	14,548	12,765	1,783	5.039	7.472	0.349	3.323	4.793	0.930	2.831	4.215	0.845
CLASS V.—Personal Offices—Persons engaged in entertaining, clothing, and performing personal offices for man	17,971	6,845	11,126	29,094	9,391	19,703	36,070	11,787	24,283	7.589	4.392	13.753	7.583	3.950	13.503	7.019	3.891	11.509
CLASS VI.—Manufacturing—Persons engaged in art and mechanical productions, and in working and dealing in mineral, vegetable, and animal matters	18,461	18,461		25,025	24,866	159	33,630	33,406	224	7.795	11.842		6.523	10.456	0.108	6.546	11.029	0.106
CLASS VII.—Gold Mining—Persons engaged in digging for, washing out, and extracting gold	36,332	36,332		62,428	62,211	217	61,955	61,813	142	15.347	23.307		16.271	26.167	0.150	12.055	20.408	0.067
CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and Pastoral—Persons working land and engaged in growing grain, fruits, animals, and other products	14,473	14,378	95	37,010	32,175	4,835	52,159	45,028	7,131	6.112	9.224	0.117	9.646	13.535	3.313	10.148	14.866	3.381
CLASS IX.—Carrying—Persons engaged in the conveyance of men and goods	11,669	11,669		13,156	13,105	51	12,196	12,140	56	4.927	7.487		3.429	5.512	0.035	2.375	4.009	0.026
CLASS X.—Persons dealing in food and drinks	3,329	3,307	22	8,971	8,053	918	12,070	10,794	1,276	1.407	2.121	0.027	2.333	3.387	0.629	2.349	3.563	0.604
CLASS XI.—Miscellaneous Pursuits—Persons engaged in occupations not embraced in other classes	10,762	10,236	526	9,122	8,993	129	11,184	11,082	102	4.542	6.568	0.650	2.378	3.783	0.088	2.177	3.659	0.048
CLASS XII.—Independent Means—Persons of property and rank, not returned under any office or occupation	1,943	1,653	290	1,175	791	384	1,362	1,012	350	0.820	1.061	0.358	0.306	0.332	0.263	0.265	0.335	0.166
CLASS XIII.—Persons engaged in domestic offices or duties and of no specified occupation, scholars, &c.	93,309	30,204	63,105	167,493	52,401	115,092	254,433	83,678	170,755	39.413	19.376	78.005	43.658	22.041	78.872	49.510	27.627	80.921
CLASS XIV.—Persons maintained at public cost, or by the community	6,921	2,590	4,331	3,115	2,606	509	4,370	3,322	1,048	2.922	1.662	5.354	0.812	1.096	0.349	0.851	1.096	0.496
CLASS XV.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified, or who were unemployed, &c.	2,986	2,385	601	5,341	4,174	1,167	8,861	7,362	1,499	1.261	1.529	0.743	1.392	1.757	0.800	1.724	2.432	0.710
Total	236798*	155,876	80,900	383,668	237,743	145,925	513,896	302,881	211,015	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000