OCCUPATIONS IN METROPOLITAN AND EXTRA-METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS., TABLE LXXIII.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Males and Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) of different Occupations in the area under the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works and in the Extra-Metropolitan Districts, those under and over Twenty Years of Age being distinguished—continued.

Class.	Order.	Sub-order.	Occupations.	Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.*
				Metropolitan District.†				Extra-Metropolitan District.
				Males.		Females.		Males.		Females.
				Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.	Under 20 Years.	Over 20 Years.
			SUB-ORDERS—continued.
			Dealing in—
III.	9	1	Stone, clay, earthenware, and glass	24	267	9	16	8	45	1
		2	Gold, silver, and precious stones	1	209	2	10	3	81		3
		3	Metals, other than gold and silver	230	700	4	15	84	242	3	2
	10	1	Fuel	44	507		12	186	910	1	4
	11	1	General and undefined dealers	3,162	12,074	443	1,554	1,398	6,059	337	1,173
		2	Speculators on chance events	3	122				14
	12	1	Engaged in storage	10	148		7	8	217
	13	1	Connected with railway traffic	135	3,730	2	37	111	2,846	22	793
		2	Connected with tramway and road traffic	957	7,769		34	836	4,325	2	13
		3	Connected with sea and river traffic	207	3,887		35	28	944		8
		4	Postal service	110	725	8	93	185	432	29	290
		5	Telegraph and telephone service	404	462	31	93	442	238	12	37
		6	Messengers and porters	613	216	4	1	169	109
			Working in—
IV.	14	1	Books and publications	814	2,081	227	229	602	731	16	35
		2	Musical instruments	12	111			2	40
		3	Prints, pictures, and art materials	68	202	1	10	22	24		3
		4	Ornaments and minor art products	179	536	43	39	21	79	2	7
		5	Equipment for sports and games	4	16				1
		6	Type, designs, medals, and dies	36	200	23	32	16	41	2
		7	Watches, clocks, and scientific instruments	86	338	2	8	42	302		1
		8	Surgical instruments and appliances	2	13		2		1		1
		9	Arms and explosives	1	27	13	1	10	28	2	5
		10	Machinery, implements, and tools	478	3,055		1	189	1,121		1
		11	Carriages and wheels	423	1,466	4	3	469	1,335	2	4
		12	Harness, saddlery, and leatherware	177	663	6	6	240	759	1	1
		13	Ships, boats, and their equipment	27	428			3	130
		14	House and shop fittings	1,092	4,307	2	14	515	1,704		1
		15	Furniture	286	1,629	60	138	139	354	7	19
		16	Chemicals and by-products	11	127	22	23	8	57	2	3
	15	1	Textile fabrics	58	260	46	90	65	185	106	119
		2	Dress	1,089	5,729	5,473	10,007	656	2,589	4,138	6,449
		3	Fibrous materials and fabrics made therefrom	86	126	24	27	25	60	2	6
	16	1	Animal food	19	207	1	3	29	243	1	9
		2	Vegetable food	461	1,982	110	92	506	1,701	28	72
		3	Drinks, narcotics, and stimulants	304	980	40	51	146	600	1	21
	17	1	Animal matters	91	785	1	8	103	582	2	1
		2	Vegetable matters not otherwise classed	162	898	28	1	446	2,987	6	14
		3	Fodder and seeds	3	18			27	149		1
		4	Paper	15	81	107	93	9	26	16	11
	18	1	Stone, clay, earthenware, and glass	325	1,413	2	5	253	1,108	5	6
		2	Gold, silver, and precious stones	168	380	9	10	33	46		2
		3	Metals other than gold and silver	1,246	4,488	4	18	1,260	3,610	2	1
	19	1	Fuel, light, and electric or hydraulic energy	36	684		1	24	276		1
	20	1	Houses and buildings	1,553	12,743		1	931	7,545		4
		2	Railways, roads, excavations, earthworks, &c.	55	2,474	1	6	472	7,173	1	2
		3	Disposal of dead matter or refuse	11	130		3	3	54
	21	1	Imperfectly defined industries	1,469	12,604	122	82	2,595	20,935	47	98