NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS, 1854, 1857, 1861—(SUB-CLASSES)—continued., TABLE VI.—Showing the Number and Proportions per cent. to their respective Totals, of Persons, Males, and Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines), of different Occupations, in 1854, 1857, and 1861.

Number of Persons.			Proportions per cent.
1861.			1854.			1857.			1861.
Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.	Both Sexes.	Males.	Females.
5,584	5,555	29	0.600	0.912		0.962	1.547	0.009	1.087	1.834	0.014
8,444	8,425	19	2.480	3.767		2.125	3.425	0.006	1.643	2.782	0.009
1,078	1,015	63				0.262	0.400	0.038	0.210	0.335	0.030
1,754	1,748	6				0.414	0.665	0.004	0.341	5.77	0.003
3,125	3,045	80	2.812	4.270		0.648	1.027	0.030	0.608	1.005	0.038
938	919	19				0.160	0.251	0.012	0.183	0.303	0.009
4,187	4,178	9	15.349	23.307		0.885	1.421	0.014	0.815	1.379	0.004
2,717	2,716	1				0.593	0.954	0.005	0.529	0.897
7,711	7,698	13				0.792	1.277	0.001	1.501	2.542	0.006
1,130	1,125	5							0.219	0.371	0.002
28,719	28,650	69				5.637	9.071	0.042	5.588	9.459	0.033
16,316	16,271	45				8.304	13.347	0.088	3.175	5.372	0.021
202	202								0.039	0.067
371	371								0.072	0.122
602	602					0.060	0.097		0.117	0.199
1,064	1,011	53	0.377	0.567	0.011	0.258	0.382	0.053	0.207	0.334	0.025
8,522	7,936	586	2.515	3.837		2.051	3.003	0.499	1.658	2.620	0.278
17,130	12,809	4,321	3.210	4.820	0.106	2.711	3.348	1.676	3.033	4.229	2.049
23,585	21,427	2,158				4.282	6.251	1.077	0.189	7.074	1.023
1,858	1,845	13				0.344	0.551	0.008	0.361	0.609	0.006
6,698	6,677	21	2,517	3.821		1.940	3.122	0.019	1.304	2.205	0.010
1,761	1,751	10				0.253	0.406	0.001	0.343	0.578	0.005
755	742	13				0.115	0.183	0.004	0.147	0.245	0.006
492	489	3				0.112	0.181	0.001	0.096	0.162	0.001
2,490	2,481	9				1.009	1.620	0.010	0.485	0.819	0.004
6,428	5,617	811	1,407	2.121	0.027	1.220	1.744	0.366	1.251	1.854	0.384
5,642	5,177	465				1.118	1.643	0.263	1.098	1.709	0.220