Summary of Shires and Road Districts, with Proportions.—Classes., TABLE XII.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females at all Ages, and under and over Twenty Years of Age, of different Occupations, arranged in six classes, living in Shires and Road Districts on the 2nd of April 1871, together with the Proportions per Cent. of those of each class to the Total of the same column.

Class.	Occupations (arranged in six classes).	Numbers.									Proportions per Cent.
		Persons.			Males.			Females.			Persons.			Males.			Females.
		All Ages.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	All Ages.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	All Ages.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	All Ages.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	All Ages.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	All Ages.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.
	TOTAL POPULATION	345,847	171,844	174,003	202,429	87,903	114,526	143,418	83,941	59,477
	TOTAL OF SPECIFIED OCCUPATIONS	344,146	171,558	172,588	201,200	87,779	113,421	142,946	83,779	59,167	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000	100.000
I.	Professional	3,863	368	3,495	2,690	135	2,555	1,173	233	940	1.123	0.215	2.025	1.337	0.154	2.253	0.820	0.278	1.589
II.	Domestic	207,469	150,460	57,009	72,181	69,214	2,967	135,288	81,246	54,042	60.285	87.702	33.032	35.875	78.850	2.616	94.643	96.977	91.338
III.	Commercial	7,097	983	6,114	6,690	945	5,745	407	38	369	2.062	0.573	3.543	3.325	1.077	5.065	0.285	0.045	0.623
IV.	Agricultural	57,476	12,146	45,330	54,090	10,648	43,442	3,386	1,498	1,888	16.701	7.080	26.265	26.884	12.130	38.302	2.369	1.788	3.191
V.	Industrial	56,801	5,571	51,230	54,633	5,095	49,538	2,168	476	1,692	16.505	3.247	29.683	27.154	5.804	43.676	1.517	0.568	2.860
VI.	Indefinite and non-productive	11,440	2,030	9,410	10,916	1,742	9,174	524	288	236	3.324	1.183	5.452	5.425	1.985	8.088	0.366	0.344	0.399
	Occupation not stated	1,701	286	1,415	1,229	124	1,105	472	162	310