OCCUPATIONS OF MALES IN SIX AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, 1891.—SUB-ORDERS (EXCLUSIVE OF ABORIGINES)—continued.

Order.	Sub-order.	Occupations.	Exclusive of Aborigines.
			Victoria.(1)	New South Wales.	Queensland.	Western Australia.	Tasmania.	New Zealand.
		Working in—
17	1	Animal matters	1,562	1,082	183	33	78	589
	2	Vegetable matters not otherwise classed (chiefly wood)	4,504	8,038	2,688	562	695	2,843
	3	Fodder and seed	197	36	6		7	63
	4	Paper	131	25	2		1	28
18	1	Stone, clay, earthenware, and glass	3,105	2,955	440	109	234	704
	2	Gold, silver, and precious stones	628	202	159	10	40	227
	3	Metals, other than gold and silver	10,617	8,926	3,454	389	1,107	4,556
19	1	Fuel, light, and electric or hydraulic energy	1,023	1,634	142	12	107	255
20	1	Houses and buildings	30,783	24,950	7,302	1,033	2,743	9,774
	2	Railways, roads, excavations, earthworks, &c.	10,185	13,333	3,393	659	2,295	2,815
	3	Disposalof dead matter or refuse	198	796	68	85	128	78
21	1	Imperfectly defined industries (chiefly labourers)	38,195	26,888	14,602	1,786	3,350	14,888
		Engaged in—
22	1	Agricultural pursuits	79,090	67,576	33,891	4,351	14,584	56,671
	2	Pastoral pursuits or breeding animals	10,510	31,172	13,651	1,669	2,040	9,279
	3	Preserving, capturing, or destroying wild animals	1,608	1,666	786	520	486	1,895
	4	Forestry or acquisition of products of natural vegetation	1,832	1,653	1,102	296	543	2,988
	5	Water conservancy and supply	395	1,905	181	214	46	121
	6	Mines and quarries	24,638	30,936	11,622	1,268	3,987	16,906
		Persons of—
23	1	Independent means	4,461	4,606	290	150	249	1,619
24	1	Persons employed (if at all) in household duties	83,300	96,135	1,571	3,556	14,165	49,425
	2	Students (not law, medicine, art, or music) and scholars	114,829	118,459	71,404	4,268	13,438	72,985
25	1	Persons dependent on charity	5,240	6,054	2,470	245	977	2,700
	2	Persons under legal detention	1,552	2,534	619	14	147	421
		Occupations not stated or illdefined	5,510	2,515	1,554	70	318	2,722
		Total	598,089	608,003	223,779	29,514	77560(2)	332,877