SUMMARY OF MINING DISTRICTS—(MALES AND FEMALES)., TABLE XVII.—Showing the Occupations of Males and Females in each Mining District.

OCCUPATIONS.	Totals.			Ararat.		Ballaarat.		Beechworth.		Castlemaine.		Maryborough.		Sandhurst.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
CLASSES AND SUB-CLASSES.
CLASS XII.—Independent means—Persons of property and rank, not returned under any office or occupation :
Sub-class 1. Persons deriving income from houses—Householders, house proprietors, &c.	54	45	9			11	3	1	1	14	3	4		15	2
Sub-class 2. Annuitants, "independent means," persons of rank (source of income undescribed)	64	42	22	1	1	18	5	2	1	11	8	4	2	6	5
Sub-class 3. Gentlemen, ladies (not otherwise described)	51	45	6		1	13	1	3	1	11		11		7	3
CLASS XIII.—Persons engaged in domestic offices or duties, and of no specified occupation, scholars, &c.:
Sub-class 1. Wives and widows (of no specified occupation)	28,249		28,249		1,172		8,390		2,433		5,237		5,501		5,516
Sub-class 2. Sons, daughters, relatives, visitors, &c. (aged 15 years and upwards)	3,954	129	3,825	6	160	35	1,279	14	302	16	723	28	608	30	753
Sub-class 3. Sons, daughters, relatives, visitors, &c. (under 15 years of age)	42,532	20,543	21,989	1,006	983	5,930	6,321	1,778	1,900	3,733	4,117	4,132	4,393	3,964	4,275
Sub-class 4. Scholars, whether at public or private schools, or at home	18,951	9,719	9,232	377	381	3,517	3,317	695	695	1,892	1,782	1,524	1,376	1,714	1,681
CLASS XIV.—Persons maintained at public cost, or by the community :
Sub-class 1. Prisoners	372	315	57	35	7	53	10	61	3	57	11	45	14	64	12
Sub-class 2. Patients in hospitals, asylums, depots, &c.	379	349	30	19		100		35	5	85	14	45	2	65	9
CLASS XV.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified, or who were unemployed, &c. :
Sub-class 1. Unemployed, "no occupation at present," paupers, &c.	1,112	934	178	41	18	301	58	118	20	164	20	120	24	190	38
Sub-class 2. Occupation not stated	1,387	1,242	145	33	6	166	42	252	21	235	22	224	24	332	30
Sub-class 3. Doubtful or indefinite pursuits	16	7	9			3	7	1				3			2
Sub-class 4. Unemployed by reason of sickness, exclusive of patients in hospitals, &c.	743	725	18	18		182	4	84	4	137	5	173	4	131	1
Sub-class 5. Unemployed by reason of accident, exclusive of patients in hospitals, &c.	218	214	4	4		88	1	20		29		43	2	30	1
Sub-class 6. Deaf and dumb, or blind	55	36	19	1		8	8	3	1	8	3	11	1	5	6
Total	228,181	154,692	73,489	7,321	3,160	38,664	22,555	17,069	6,292	29,891	13,720	34,610	13,488	27,137	14,274