TABLE LXXI.—Showing, at the last Two Censuses, the Number of Persons, Males, and Females of All Ages, and under and over Twenty Years of Age, of Different Occupations, arranged in Fifteen Orders ; also the Proportions per Cent. of those of each Order to the Total of the same column.
Class. Order. Occupations (arranged in Fifteen Orders). 1871. 1881.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years.
Numbers.
Total specified 727,067 362,389 364,678 398,341 181,312 217,029 328,726 181,077 147,649 854,434 431,124 423,310 445,653 215,250 230,403 408,731 215,874 192,907
I. 1 Persons engaged in the general or local government, or the defence or protection of the country 3,524 111 3,413 3,473 111 3,362 51 51 4,494 203 4,291 4,250 174 4,076 244 29 215
I. 2 Persons engaged in the learned professions, or in literature, art, science (with their immediate subordinates) 10,607 1,625 8,982 6,562 624 5,938 4,045 1,001 3,044 13,950 2,225 11,725 8,408 987 7,421 5,542 1,238 4,404
II. 3 Persons engaged in the domestic offices or duties of wives, mothers, mistresses of families, children, relatives (not otherwise returned) 398,228 305,867 92,361 145,490 144,823 667 252,738 161,044 91,694 465,612 348,973 116,639 165,957 165,147 810 299,655 183,826 115,829
II. 4 Persons engaged in entertaining and performing personal offices for man 36,121 12,208 23,913 8,261 998 7,263 27,860 11,210 16,650 38,709 12,626 26,083 8,666 1,429 7,237 30,043 11,197 18,846
III. 5 Persons who buy or sell, keep or lend, money or goods of various kinds 13,762 1,756 12,006 12,559 1,626 10,933 1,203 130 1,073 17,616 2,913 14,703 15,385 2,534 12,851 2,231 379 1,852
III. 6 Persons engaged in the conveyance of men, animals, goods, and messages 13,317 1,836 11,481 13,249 1,830 11,419 68 6 62 17,568 2,721 14,847 17,201 2,684 14,517 367 37 330
IV. 7 Persons possessing, working, or cultivating land ; raising or dealing in animals ; or following pursuits subsidiary thereto 85,841 13,269 72,572 61,277 11,592 49,685 24,564 1,677 22,887 124,202 27,053 97,149 81,719 17,678 64,041 42,483 9,375 33,108
V. 8 Persons engaged in working and dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination 23,174 3,393 19,781 22,755 3,321 19,434 419 72 347 28,065 5,103 22,962 27,347 4,944 22,403 718 159 559
V. 9 Persons working and dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and in fibrous materials 22,151 6,269 15,882 9,965 2,341 7,624 12,186 3,928 8,258 34,548 11,851 22,697 13,571 3,635 9,936 20,977 8,216 12,761
V. 10 Persons working and dealing in food and drinks 14,069 2,742 11,327 12,632 2,601 10,031 1,437 141 1,296 15,277 3,023 12,254 13,522 2,884 10,638 1,755 139 1,616
V. 11 Persons working and dealing in animal and vegetable substances 9,354 1,608 7,746 9,263 1,571 7,692 91 37 54 8,272 1,700 6,572 8,059 1,598 6,461 213 102 111
V. 12 Persons working and dealing in minerals 67,264 5,606 61,658 67,219 5,597 61,622 45 9 36 48,505 6,303 42,202 48,455 6,278 42,177 50 25 25
VI. 13 Labourers and others (branch of labour undefined) 17,697 1,923 15,774 17,665 1,910 15,755 32 13 19 25,736 4,255 21,481 25,593 4,173 21,420 143 82 61
VI. 14 Persons of property and rank not returned under any office or occupation 1,116 14 1,102 772 10 762 344 4 340 1,979 53 1,926 1,239 18 1,221 740 35 705
VI. 15 Persons supported by the community and of no specified occupation 10,842 4,162 6,680 7,199 2,357 4,842 3,643 1,805 1,838 9,901 2,122 7,779 6,281 1,087 5,194 3,620 1,035 2,585
Proportions per Cent.
Total 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000
I. 1 Persons engaged in the general or local government, or the defence or protection of the country 0.485 0.030 0.936 0.872 0.061 1.549 0.015 0.034 0.526 0.047 1.014 0.953 0.081 1.769 0.059 0.013 0.112
I. 2 Persons engaged in the learned professions, or in literature, art, science (with their immediate subordinates) 1.459 0.449 2.463 1.647 0.344 2.736 1.231 0.553 2.062 1.633 0.516 2.770 1.887 0.458 3.221 1.356 0.574 2.231
II. 3 Persons engaged in the domestic offices or duties of wives, mothers, mistresses of families, children, relatives (not otherwise returned) 54.772 84.403 25.327 36.524 79.875 0.307 76.884 88.938 62.102 54.494 80.945 27.554 37.239 76.723 0.352 73.305 85.155 60.044
II. 4 Persons engaged in entertaining and performing personal offices for man 4.968 3.369 6.557 2.074 0.550 3.347 8.475 6.190 11.277 4.530 2.929 6.162 1.945 0.664 3.141 7.350 5.187 9.769
III. 5 Persons who buy or sell, keep or lend, money or goods of various kinds 1.893 0.484 3.292 3.153 0.897 5.038 0.366 0.072 0.727 2.062 0.676 3.473 3.452 1.177 5.577 0.545 0.175 0.960
III. 6 Persons engaged in the conveyance of men, animals, goods, and messages 1.831 0.507 3.149 3.326 1.009 5.261 0.021 0.003 0.042 2.056 0.631 3.507 3.860 1.247 6.301 0.090 0.017 0.171
IV. 7 Persons possessing, working, or cultivating land ; raising or dealing in animals ; or following pursuits subsidiary thereto 11.807 3.661 19.900 15.383 6.394 22.893 7.472 0.926 15.501 14.536 6.275 22.950 18.337 8.213 27.795 10.393 4.343 17.163
V. 8 Persons engaged in working and dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination 3.187 0.936 5.424 5.713 1.832 8.955 0.127 0.040 0.235 3.285 1.184 5.424 6.137 2.297 9.723 0.176 0.074 0.290
V. 9 Persons working and dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and in fibrous materials 3.047 1.730 4.355 2.501 1.291 3.512 3.707 2.169 5.593 4.043 2.749 5.362 3.045 1.689 4.313 5.132 3.806 6.615
V. 10 Persons working and dealing in food and drinks 1.935 0.757 3.106 3.171 1.434 4.622 0.437 0.078 0.878 1.788 0.701 2.895 3.034 1.340 4.617 0.429 0.064 0.838
V. 11 Persons working and dealing in animal and vegetable substances 1.287 0.443 2.124 2.325 0.867 3.545 0.028 0.020 0.037 0.968 0.394 1.553 1.808 0.742 2.804 0.052 0.047 0.057
V. 12 Persons working and dealing in minerals 9.251 1.548 16.908 16.875 3.087 28.394 0.014 0.005 0.024 5.677 1.462 9.969 10.873 2.917 18.306 0.012 0.012 0.013
VI. 13 Labourers and others (branch of labour undefined) 2.434 0.531 4.325 4.435 1.053 7.259 0.010 0.007 0.013 3.012 0.987 5.074 5.743 1.939 9.297 0.035 0.038 0.032
VI. 14 Persons of property and rank not returned under any office or occupation 0.153 0.004 0.302 0.194 0.006 0.351 0.105 0.002 0.230 0.231 0.012 0.455 0.278 0.008 0.530 0.181 0.016 0.365
VI. 15 Persons supported by the community and of no specified occupation 1.491 1.148 1.832 1.807 1.300 2.231 1.108 0.997 1.245 1.159 0.492 1.838 1.409 0.505 2.254 0.885 0.479 1.340