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‡