OCCUPATIONS OF FEMALES, 1891—ORDERS., TABLE LXX.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) at various Periods of Age of different Occupations arranged in 25 Orders.—continued.

Class.	Order.	Occupations.	Total.	Number of Females at each Period of Age.
				Under 5 Years.	5 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and Upwards.	Unspecified.
III.	4	Performing offices in connexion with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money or real property	1,141			20	33	251	516	316	5
	5	Dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination	413		4	67	41	170	107	24
	6	Dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous articles	900		21	250	132	364	114	17	2
	7	Dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants	1,401		25	254	142	513	411	49	7
	8	Dealing in animals, animal substances, and vegetable substances not used for food	269		4	99	68	65	28	5
	9	Dealing in minerals, mineral substances, and metals	65		1	18	9	28	6	3
	10	Dealing in substances mainly used for fuel and light	17			1	4	7	5
	11	General and undefined dealers, and speculators on chance events	3,507		82	698	1,050	1,055	504	109	9
	12	Engaged in storage	7				6		1
	13	Carriers of persons, goods, letters, and messages	1,544		5	105	293	763	358	20
IV.	14	Engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, art and mechanic productions, in which materials of various kinds are employed in combination	1,024		32	405	302	226	51	5	3
	15	Engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, textile fabrics, dress, or fibrous articles	26,487		801	8,988	8,056	7,145	1,219	235	43
	16	Engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants	429		18	163	64	117	59	8
	17	Engaged in manufacturing, or otherwise treating, animal and vegetable substances	289		23	137	84	31	14
	18	Engaged in manufactures relating to minerals, mineral substances, and metals	64		2	20	11	22	9
	19	Engaged in converting coal and other substances to purposes of heat, light, or energy	2					2
	20	Engaged in the construction or repair of buildings, railways, roads, docks, canals, and earthworks, and in the disposal of dead matter and refuse	18			2		10	5	1
	21	Engaged in mechanical operations or labour, the nature of which is undefined	349		25	144	97	48	31	4
V.	22	Engaged in cultivating land, breeding or rearing, preserving, capturing, or destroying animals, or obtaining raw products from natural sources	10,861		881	3,216	2,123	2,257	1,900	472	12
VI.	23	Females not stated to have any fixed occupation but apparently living on incomes, also those whose pursuits were imperfectly described	13,286		9	90	240	1,518	8,056	3,366	7
VII.	24	Engaged, if engaged at all, in household duties or being educated	420,935	73,222	116,208	29,844	34,914	110,130	46,342	9,422	853
	25	Dependent upon the State or upon public or private support	4,561	97	674	261	361	1,169	1,146	682	171
		Occupations not stated	1,421			91	139	200	274	24	693