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