TABLE X.—Showing in Vicinial Periods, the Ages of Persons, Males and Females, living in the Colony, in Corporate Towns and Municipalities, and on the Gold Fields, and the Proportions per Cent. of the Numbers at each Age, to the Total at All Ages.

Age.	The Colony.						Corporate Towns and Municipalities.						Mining Districts.
	Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.			Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.			Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
All Ages	540,322	328,651	211,671	100.00	100.00	100.00	235,301	127,696	107,605	100.00	100.00	100.00	228,181	154,692	73,489	100.00	100.00	100.00
0 to 20	212,431	106,878	105,553	39.31	32.52	49.87	100,679	48,969	51,710	42.78	38.35	48.06	75,095	38,559	36,536	32.91	24.92	49.72
20 to 40	250,564	167,842	82,722	46.38	51.08	39.08	101,495	58,307	43,188	43.14	45.67	40.14	123,623	93,261	30,362	54.17	60.30	41.32
40 to 60	69,262	48,552	20,710	12.83	14.77	9.78	29,417	18,257	11,160	12.50	14.29	10.36	27,177	21,183	5,994	11.92	13.69	8.16
60 to 80	7,818	5,205	2,613	1.44	1.58	1.23	3,589	2,091	1,498	1.53	1.63	1.39	2,228	1,639	589	0.98	1.06	0.79
80 and upwards	247	174	73	0.04	0.05	0.04	121	72	49	0.05	0.06	0.05	58	50	8	0.02	0.03	0.01