OCCUPATIONS OF FEMALES 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—
15	3	Fibrous materials and fabrics made therefrom	59	15	5			28
16	1	Animal food	14	5	1		1	18
	2	Vegetable food	302	157	81	6	59	87
	3	Drinks, narcotics, and stimulants	113	78	43		1	49
		Working in—
17	1	Animal matters	12	3	2		2	17
	2	Vegetable matters not otherwise classed (chiefly wood)	49	5	5		5	3
	3	Fodder and seed	1
	4	Paper	227	4				20
18	1	Stone, clay, earthenware, and glass	18	4	2	1	1	11
	2	Gold, silver, and precious stones	21	1	2			10
	3	Metals, other than gold and silver	25	3	2		1	5
19	1	Fuel, light, and electric or hydraulic energy	2
20	1	Houses and buildings	22	1	3			12
	2	Railways, roads, excavations, earthworks, &c.	10	1	1
	3	Disposal of dead matter or refuse	3	2
21	1	Imperfectly defined industries (chiefly labourers)	349	24	20	3	40	61
		Engaged in—
22	1	Agricultural pursuits	6,028	1,022	6,089	162	1,447	2,387
	2	Pastoral pursuits or breeding animals	4,814	1,092	653	146	407	270
	3	Preserving, capturing, or destroying wild animals	7	2	12	3	25	5
	4	Forestry or acquisition of products of natural vegetation				1	2
	5	Water conservancy and supply	1	1				1
	6	Mines and quarries	11	1	5		1	23
23	1	Persons of Independent means	13,282	5,617	174	79	422	1,484
24	1	Persons employed (if at all) in household duties	308,281	311,824	65,314	12,261	42,938	172,992
	2	Students (not law, medicine, art, or music) and scholars	113,217	117,136	71,257	4,284	12,922	73,776
25	1	Persons dependent on charity	4,180	3,450	1,292	162	626	1,537
	2	Persons under legal detention	382	508	89	11	43	59
		Occupations not stated or illdefined	1,425	549	375	23	147	1,926
		Total	541,751	515,951	169,939	19,693	69107(2)	293,781