Table L., TABLE showing the INCREASE or DECREASE in the various OCCUPATIONS followed by the FEMALE POPULATION, since Census of 1864.
| CLASS OF OCCUPATION. |
NUMBER OF EMPLOYED IN |
RESULT OF 1868. |
| 1864. |
|
1868. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
| Household or Domestic Duties |
|
10,650 |
|
17,952 |
7,302 |
|
| Children at home and at school |
|
8,869 |
|
16,026 |
7,157 |
|
| Teachers, Professors, &c. |
|
160 |
|
214 |
54 |
|
| Pastoral and Agricultural pursuits |
|
397 |
|
147 |
|
250 |
| Trade and Commerce |
|
149 |
|
369 |
220 |
|
| Domestic Servants |
Hired |
2,765 |
|
3,592 |
827 |
|
| Not hired |
50 |
|
87 |
37 |
|
| Miscellaneous Occupations |
|
517 |
|
476 |
|
41 |
| Persons supported at public expense |
Paupers |
56 |
11 |
80 |
24 |
|
| Criminals |
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Lunatics |
|
54 |
|
|
|
| Unspecified |
|
429 |
|
212 |
|
217 |
|
|
24,042 |
|
39,155 |
|
|