OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE UNDER EIGHT HEADS, 1846 TO 1881 (EXCLUSIVE OF CHINESE AND ABORIGINES).

Occupations.	1846.	1851.	1854.	1857.	1861.	1871.	1881.
NUMBERS.
1. Commerce, trade, and manufacture	3,347	8,435	52,912	69,258	84,941	114,263	139,914
2. Gold mining			34,013	62,428	61,955	39,754	29,424
3. Agricultural and pastoral pursuits	7,502	11,641	14,377	38,625	54,268	65,056	123,096
4. Labourers (branch undefined)	1,917	6,026	8,904	6,759	8,098	15,181	22,454
5. Domestic servants	2,274	4,610	10,447	19,739	23,573	24,851	28,517
6. Learned professions, fine arts, literature, &c.	386	1,292	2,709	5,041	7,285	11,918	16,300
7. Maintained out of public revenue	107	146	6,968	7,061	8,143	14,232	13,326
8. Residue	17,346	45,195	104,031	174,663	265,633	427,008	476,407
Total	32,879	77,345	234,361	383,574	513,896	712,263	849,438
PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
1. Commerce, trade, and manufacture	10.18	10.91	22.58	18.06	16.53	16.04	16.47
2. Gold mining			14.51	16.27	12.06	5.58	3.46
3. Agricultural and pastoral pursuits	22.82	15.05	6.13	10.07	10.56	9.14	14.49
4. Labourers (branch undefined)	5.83	7.79	3.80	1.76	1.58	2.13	2.64
5. Domestic servants	6.92	5.96	4.46	5.15	4.59	3.49	3.36
6. Learned professions, fine arts, literature, &c.	1.17	1.67	1.16	1.31	1.42	1.67	1.92
7. Maintained out of public revenue	0.32	0.19	2.97	1.84	1.56	2.00	1.57
8. Residue	52.76	58.43	44.39	45.54	51.70	59.95	56.09
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00