no THE DEMOGKAPHY OF TASMANIA. 



R.3. TAS. 



the number of males over 20 following different occupa- 

 tions is taken from the census results, and the occupa^ 

 tions of the fathers of children from the registration of 

 births. 



Nmnber of BirtJis per looo Males over 20 Years 

 According to Occupatio?i. 



credible. One may susppct that farm labourers, who were 

 tabulated as "Farming" at the Census, were put down 

 as labourers simply and so became " Industrial " on regis- 

 tering a child. Unfortunately, on account of the registra- 

 tion work having changed hands frequently, the Tas- 

 manian Statistical Office is not able to express a definite 

 opinion on this point- Even allowing for a considerable 

 error, there is a suggestion in the above table of a selective 

 birth-rate of a most unpromising kind, which calls for full 

 investigation. 



Masciili?iity. 



The Masculinity of Tasmanian population, i.e., the 

 number of males per 100 females, is fairly steady at 104 

 to 106 for all ages, but the variations with age are remark- 

 able. Beginning at 105. it keeps that figure to the age 

 of 15, and then falls abruptly, so that at 20 years it is 

 92. It then rises strongly and continuously till the age of 

 55, when there arc 118 'males per 100 females, and then 

 falls till the age of 80. when the masculinity is 92, while 

 in the last few years of life the males are once more in 

 excess. 



A similar graph for Ilobart shows the same phe- 

 nomena exaggerated. The masculinity at the age of 20 

 sinks to 62. It then rises till the age'of 48. but does not 

 get above 91, and then falls again till it reaches 66 at the 

 age of 77, with the same sui)erior longevitv of the male 

 showing itself in the closing yeai^s. 



