Summary of Goldfields.—Sub-orders., TABLE XXIV.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females at all Ages, and under and over Twenty Years of Age, of different Occupations, arranged in sixty-two sub-orders, living on Goldfields on the 2nd April 1871, and the Proportions per Cent. of those of each sub-order to the Total of the same column.

Class.	Order.	Sub-order.	Occupations (arranged in sixty-two sub-orders).	Numbers.
				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.
IV.	VII.	1	Engaged in agricultural pursuits	11,376	2,297	9,079	10,788	2,029	8,759	588	268	320
IV.	VII.	2	Engaged in pastoral pursuits	868	161	707	850	159	691	18	2	16
IV.	VII.	3	Engaged on land (not cultivating or grazing)	268	28	240	266	28	238	2		2
IV.	VII.	4	Engaged about animals	444	64	380	444	64	380
V.	VIII.	1	Engaged in books	644	219	425	623	211	422	21	8	13
V.	VIII.	2	Engaged in musical instruments	22	4	18	22	4	18
V.	VIII.	3	Engaged in prints and pictures	18	4	14	18	4	14
V.	VIII.	4	Engaged in Carving and figures	8	1	7	8	1	7
V.	VIII.	5	Engaged in tackle for sports and games	6		6	4		4	2		2
V.	VIII.	6	Engaged in designs, metals, and dies	7	1	6	7	1	6
V.	VIII.	7	Engaged in watches and philosophical instruments	136	18	118	134	17	117	2	1	1
V.	VIII.	8	Engaged in surgical instruments	2		2	2		2
V.	VIII.	9	Engaged in arms	14	1	13	14	1	13
V.	VIII.	10	Engaged in machines and tools	283	34	249	283	34	249
V.	VIII.	11	Engaged in carriages, harness, and implements	799	183	616	798	183	615	1		1
V.	VIII.	12	Engaged in ships and boats	37		37	37		37
V.	VIII.	13	Engaged in houses and buildings	3,471	306	3,165	3,444	306	3,138	27		27
V.	VIII.	14	Engaged in furniture	189	21	168	181	21	160	8		8
V.	VIII.	15	Engaged in chemicals	172	1	171	162		162	10	1	9
V.	IX.	1	Engaged in textile fabrics	893	247	646	802	231	571	91	16	75
V.	IX.	2	Engaged in dress	4,996	1,437	3,559	1,792	372	1,420	3,204	1,065	2,139
V.	IX.	3	Engaged in fibrous materials	21	4	17	19	4	15	2		2
V.	X.	1	Engaged in animal food	2,282	492	1,790	2,095	474	1,621	187	18	169
V.	X.	2	Engaged in vegetable food	1,302	215	1,087	1,218	204	1,014	84	11	73
V.	X.	3	Engaged in drinks and stimulants	1,144	221	923	1,117	220	897	27	1	26
V.	XI.	1	Engaged in animal matters	247	40	207	247	40	207
V.	XI.	2	Engaged in vegetable matters	2,938	488	2,450	2,925	483	2,442	13	5	8
V.	XII.	1	Engaged in mining	49,721	3,106	46,615	49,709	3,104	46,605	12	2	10
V.	XII.	2	Engaged in coal	118	11	107	117	11	106	1		1
V.	XII.	3	Engaged in stone, clay, earthenware, and glass	1,171	141	1,030	1,166	141	1,025	5		5
V.	XII.	4	Engaged in water	69	2	67	68	2	66	1		1
V.	XII.	5	Engaged in gold, silver, and precious stones	72	7	65	72	7	65
V.	XII.	6	Engaged in metals other than gold and silver	2,236	516	1,720	2,235	516	1,719	1		1
VI.	XIII.	1	Laborers (branch undefined)	2,934	406	2,528	2,932	406	2,526	2		2
VI.	XIII.	2	Other indefinite occupations	1,268	112	1,156	1,254	[Illegible]	1,149	14	7	7
VI.	XIV.		Persons of property or rank not returned under any office or occupation	168		168	123	[Illegible]	123	45		45
VI.	XV.	1	From voluntary sources and public revenue	1,699	366	1,333	1,197	139	1,058	502	227	275
VI.	XV.	2	Criminal classes	689	28	661	581	18	563	108	10	98
			Occupation not stated	812	170	642	526	66	460	286	104	182