OCCUPATIONS IN VICTORIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES.

Occupations.	Victoria.		New South Wales.
	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.
Total population	862,346		751,468
Total of specified occupations	854,434	100.00	735,875	100.00
Government and municipal officers	3,995	0.47	5,486	0.75
Engaged in defence	499	0.06	1,310	0.18
Clergy and others engaged in religion	1,237	0.14	725	0.10
Lawyers, law court officers, &c.	1,243	0.15	920	0.12
Physicians, surgeons, druggists, &c.	1,595	0.19	1,049	0.14
Authors, scientific persons, artists, &c.	3,080	0.36	1,764	0.24
Domestic duties (Chiefly women and children	280,957	32.88	238109*	32.36
Scholars under tuition	184,655	21.61	154,885	21.05
Engaged in boarding and lodging	7,475	0.87	4,111	0.56
Engaged in attendance	31,234	3.66	33,913	4.61
Engaged in mercantile pursuits	18873†	2.21	22,901	3.11
Engaged in maritime pursuits (not Royal Navy)	3,363	0.39	4,492	0.61
Engaged in agricultural pursuits and on land	110,296	12.91	89682*	12.18
Engaged in pastoral pursuits and about animals	13,906	1.63	23110*	3.14
Engaged in mining	36,066	4.22	17,709	2.41
Other occupations, which cannot be compared	155,960	18.25	135,709	18.44
Occupation not stated	7,912		15593‡