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.
			Engaged in—
V.	22	1	Agricultural pursuits	404	3,382	12	109	14,639	58,029	1,204	4,703
		2	Pastoral pursuits or breeding animals	72	1,026	36	132	1,553	7,831	2,844	1,802
		3	Preserving, capturing, or destroying wild animals	9	89			271	1,219	1	6
		4	Forestry or acquisition of products of natural vegetation	5	63			391	1,394
		5	Water conservancy and supply	5	144			12	234		1
		6	Mines and quarries	103	1,583		3	2,071	18,696		8
VI.	23	1	Persons of independent means	21	2,637	49	7,131	19	1,781	50	6,052
		2	Persons of imperfectly defined pursuits		3		4		24
VII.	24	1	Persons employed (if at all) in household duties	32,846	725	42,030	89,312	48,159	1,379	64,436	112,166
		2	Students (not law, medicine, art, or music) and scholars	43,153	204	43,839	78	71,182	80	68,976	98
	25	1	Persons dependent on charity	435	2,292	604	2,047	231	2,076	335	1,193
		2	Persons under legal detention	52	963	60	181	82	445	33	108
			Occupations not stated	104	958	46	388	386	3,817	45	942