OCCUPATIONS AT VARIOUS AGES.—FEMALES.,TABLE VIIB.—OCCUPATIONS AT VARIOUS AGES.—MALES.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) at vaious periods of Age of different Occupations—continued.

Class.	Order.	Sub-order.	Occupations.	Total.	Number 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.
			SUB-ORDERS—continued.
IV.	16	1	Animal food	14			2	4	4	2	2
		2	Vegetable food	302		18	120	35	86	42	1
		3	Drinks, narcotics, and stimulants	113			41	25	27	15	5
	17	1	Animal matters	12		1	2		4	5
		2	Vegetable matters not otherwise classed	49		5	29	13	2
		3	Fodder and seeds	1						1
		4	Paper	227		17	106	71	25	8
	18	1	Stone, clay, earthenware, and glass	18		1	6	2	6	3
		2	Gold, silver, and precious stones	21			9	3	8	1
		3	Metals, other than gold or silver	25		1	5	6	8	5
	19	1	Fuel, light, and electric or hydraulic energy	2					2
	20	1	Houses and buildings	5					2	2	1
		2	Railways, roads, excavations, earth-works, &c.	10			2		6	2
		3	Disposal of dead matter or refuse	3					2	1
	21	1	Imperfectly defined industries	349		25	144	97	48	31	4
			Engaged in—
V.	22	1	Agricultural pursuits	6,028		330	886	2,005	1,092	1,378	329	8
		2	Pastoral pursuits or breeding animals	4,814		550	2,330	117	1,158	513	142	4
		3	Preserving, capturing, or destroying wild animals	7		1			4	1	1
		5	Water conservancy and supply	1						1
		6	Mines and quarries	11				1	3	7
			Persons of—
VI.	23	1	Independent means	13,282		9	90	236	1,518	8,056	3,366	7
		2	Imperfectly defined pursuits	4				4
VII.	24	1	Employed (if at all) in household duties	307,944	66,649	14,994	24,816	34,748	110,120	46,342	9,422	853
		2	Students (not law, medicine, art, or music) and scholars	112,991	6,573	101,214	5,028	166	10
	25	1	Persons dependent on charity	4,179	97	645	197	317	1,018	1,084	650	171
		2	Persons under legal detention	382		29	64	44	151	62	32
			Occupations not stated	1,421			91	139	200	274	24	693
			SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS—PROFESSIONAL.
I.	1	1	Government department, officers of (not otherwise classed or undefined)	37				8	24	3	2
			Others ministering to general government	29			1	2	14	11	1
	1	2	Municipal body, officer of (not surveyor or draughtsman)	4		1	1	1	1
			Others administering to local government	8					6	2
	1	4	Law clerk	6			1	4	1
			Penal (all ranks)	85			1	3	73	8
	2	1	Irregular clergy (no other occupation stated)	4				1	3
			Church officer	5				1	3	1
			Member of religious order not ministering to charity or education	240		1		12	172	51	3	1
			Others ministering to religion	182		1	29	71	63	15	3
	2	2	Charity department, officer of	1					1
			Charitable institution (not hospital), officer (not medical practitioner), attendant of	303			25	99	124	52	3
			Sister of charity or mercy, Little Sister of charity or mercy, Little Sister of the Poor	71			1	23	47
	2	3	Medical practitioner	1					1
			Irregular medical practitioner	29			2	2	21	4
			Medical student	8			2	4	2
			Dentist	6		1	2	1	2
			Pharmaceutical chemist, druggist	26			8	8	5	5
			Hospital officer (not medical practitioner), attendant	86			24	28	26	7	1
			Hospital nurse	266			17	84	161	4
			Midwife, monthly nurse	930			5	7	123	706	75	14
			Sick nurse (not hospital)	615			4	48	341	15	200	7
			Others ministering to health	8				1	4	3
	2	4	Author, editor, journalist	28			1	4	16	7
			Reporter, shorthand writer	6			2		4
			Others ministering to literature	7					5	2
	2	5	Phrenologist	1						1
	2	7	Education department—officer of	3				3