Table K., TABLE showing the OCCUPATIONS followed by the FEMALE POPULATION, under nine general heads, together with the PERCENTAGE each OCCUPATION bears to the TOTAL FEMALE POPULATION.
| Head of Occupation. |
Number so Employed. |
Percentage to Total Female Population. |
| Household or Domestic Duties |
| 17,952 |
45.85 |
| Children at Home and at School |
| 16,026 |
40.93 |
| Teachers and Artists |
| 214 |
0.54 |
| Persons employed in Pastoral and Agricultural pursuits |
| 147 |
0.37 |
| Trade and Commerce |
| 369 |
0.94 |
| Domestic Servants, hired |
3,592 |
3,679 |
9.39 |
| Domestic Servants, not hired |
87 |
|
|
| Miscellaneous Occupations |
| 476 |
1.22 |
| Persons receiving Public Support gratuitously, including Criminals, Lunatics, &c. |
| 80 |
0.20 |
| Unspecified |
| 212 |
0.54 |
| TOTAL |
| 39,155 |
|