THE COLONY, MUNICIPALITIES, MINING DISTRITS, IN DECENNIAL AGE PERIODS., TABLE IX.—Showing in Decinnial 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 10	144,779	72,583	72,196	26.80	22.08	34.11	67,640	33,684	33,956	28.74	26.39	31.56	54,336	27,286	27,050	23.82	17.64	36.81
10 to 20	67,652	34,295	33,357	12.52	10.44	15.76	33,039	15,285	17,754	14.04	11.98	16.50	20,759	11,273	9,486	9.10	7.28	12.91
20 to 30	137,220	87,760	49,460	25.40	26.71	23.37	54,735	28,920	25,815	23.26	22.65	23.99	67,152	49,192	17,960	29.44	31.81	24.44
30 to 40	113,344	80,082	33,262	20.98	24.37	15.72	46,760	29,387	17,373	19.88	23.01	16.15	56,471	44,069	12,402	24.75	28.50	16.88
40 to 50	50,043	35,299	14,744	9.26	10.74	6.97	20,965	13,110	7,855	8.91	10.27	7.30	20,492	16,041	4,451	8.97	10.37	6.06
50 to 60	19,219	13,253	5,966	3.56	4.03	2.82	8,452	5,147	3,305	3.59	4.03	3.07	6,685	5,142	1,543	2.93	3.31	2.10
60 to 70	6,514	4,361	2,153	1.21	1.33	1.01	2,967	1,733	1,234	1.26	1.35	1.15	1,924	1,419	505	0.84	0.92	0.68
70 to 80	1,304	844	460	0.23	0.25	0.21	622	358	264	0.27	0.27	0.24	304	220	84	0.13	0.14	0.11
80 and upwards	247	174	73	0.04	0.05	0.03	121	72	49	0.05	0.05	0.04	58	50	8	0.02	0.03	0.01