TABLE V.—COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing, at the DATE of the CENSUSES of 1891 and 1881, the NUMBER of PERSONS, MALES and FEMALES (exclusive of CHINESE and ABORIGINES), of DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS, arranged in ONE HUNDRED and TWO SUB-ORDERS—continued.

CLASS.	ORDER.	SUB-ORDER.	OCCUPATIONS.	1891.			1881.
				PERSONS.	MALES.	FEMALES.	PERSONS.	MALES.	FEMALES.
			Working in—
IV.	16	1	Animal food	41	41
		2	Vegetable food	1,374	1,328	46	1,125	1,089	36
		3	Drinks, narcotics, and stimulants	543	532	11	462	456	6
	17	1	Animal matters	397	394	3	318	318
		2	Vegetable matters not otherwise classed	365	360	5	674	674
		3	Fodder and seeds	130	130
		4	Paper	31	6	25
	18	1	Stone, clay, earthenware, and glass	492	492		502	502
		2	Gold, silver, and precious stones	62	62		86	85	1
		3	Metals, other than gold and silver	3,165	3,165		2,667	2,667
	19	1	Fuel, light, and electric or hydraulic energy	119	119		35	35
	20	1	Houses and buildings	3,633	3,633		5,658	5,658
		2	Railways, roads, excavations, earthworks, &c.	2,347	2,347		4,082	4,082
		3	Disposal of dead matter or refuse	14	14		6	6
	21	1	Imperfectly defined industries	10,423	10,423		11,688	11,630	58
			Engaged in—
V.	22	1	Agricultural pursuits	28,570	27,684	886	30,527	28,984	1,543
		2	Pastoral pursuits or breeding animals	5,313	3,982	1,331	3,863	3,822	41
		3	Preserving, capturing, or destroying wild animals	485	484	1	276	274	2
		4	Forestry or acquisition of products of natural vegetation	122	122
		5	Water conservancy and supply	243	243		188	188
		6	Mines and quarries	3,131	3,131		2,451	2,451
			Persons of—
VI.	23	1	Independent means	1,516	831	685	623	445	178
		2	Imperfectly defined pursuits	62	62
VII.	24	1	Persons employed (if at all) in household duties	126,144	29,273	96,871	121,418	31,259	90,159
		2	Students (not law, medicine, art, or music) and scholars	61,175	31,265	29,910	42,199	21,215	20,984
	25	1	Persons dependent on charity	1,794	1,042	752	1,371	827	544
		2	Persons under legal detention	339	290	49	490	466	24
			Occupation not stated	3,746	2,051	1,695	2,396	1,296	1,100