DEPENDENTS, 1881 AND 1891(1) (INCLUDING CHINESE AND ABORIGINES).
| Non-breadwinners. |
Numbers. |
Proportion per 1,000 living. |
| 1881. |
1891. |
1881. |
1891. |
| Wives and widows of no specified occupation |
114,868 |
150,240 |
134.44 |
132.55 |
| Sons, daughters, relatives (mostly young children) |
184,922 |
241,086 |
216.43 |
212.69 |
| Scholars (so described) |
184,655 |
228,048 |
216.11 |
201.19 |
| Supported by charity or from public revenue |
7,854 |
9,330 |
9.19 |
8.23 |
| Criminal classes |
1,954 |
2,056 |
2.29 |
1.81 |
| Total |
494,253 |
630,760 |
578.46 |
556.47 |