PERSONS WORKING IN FUEL, LIGHT, AND OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY. 8,293 53,515 The number shown above as employed in manufacturing industries exceeds that given in the chapter dealing with manufactories, since the factory returns relate to employment in industries coming under the provisions of the Factories Act, and take no account of places where less than four hands are employed, unless machinery is used. In the Census figures also are included casual workers and all single workers engaged on their own account, both of which classes are omitted from the factories returns. The case of New South Wales may be cited as an example to show the difference between the two returns in the number of female workers. According to the Census there were 18,000 dressmakers and tailoresses, many of them on their own account. According to the factories returns there were under 7,000. At the census of 1891 the persons engaged in the manufacturing industries of the states which comprise the Commonwealth numbered 214,220, so that there has been an increase of 53,506 persons or nearly 25 per cent. during the ten years. The largest increase was in New South Wales, where the total was 74,559 in 1891, and 94,119 in 1901, an addition of 19,560 persons or more than 26 per cent. The number of persons engaged in the other branches of the industrial class is shown in the following table : Males PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF BUILDINGS, RAILWAYS, ROADS, &c. 36,898 27,392 9,878 8,652 5,827 8,924 92,571 22,879 115,450 13 44 The persons engaged in commercial pursuits in Australasia numbered 262,588, and of these 220,757 were engaged in trade. The following table shows the number of persons engaged in the various branches of trade: Males Females Persons PERSONS DEALING IN ART AND MECHANIC PRODUCTIONS. 4,144 3,720 1,543 810 728 305 11,250 564 934 216 168 131 54 2,067 1,956 13,206 334 2,401 4,708 4,654 1,759 978 859 359 13,317 2,290 15,607 868 PERSONS DEALING IN TEXTILE FABRICS, DRESS, AND FIBROUS MATERIALS. 6,957 6,374 2,291 1,654 969 739 376 9,226 8,826 3,159 2,393 1,345 957 25,906 5,551 31,457 Males Persons TOTAL PERSONS ENGAGED IN TRADE. 57,516 53,217 19,810 14,777 8,689 5,052 159,061 28,459 187,520 The largest number of persons in the above class is found in the division which relates to those dealing in foods, drinks, and stimulants, the total being 69,749. The number of females employed in trade has increased nearly four fold in the Commonwealth since 1891. A classification of the persons engaged in other branches of commercial pursuits will be found below : The domestic class embraces all persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal services for which remuneration is usually paid. The numbers in each state were as follows: Of all the females employed it will be seen that over 40 per cent. are in the Domestic class. The females shown above as employed in domestic service, perform similar duties to those classed as dependents, but they receive remuneration for their services. THE PROFESSIONAL CLASS. The persons in this class numbered 134,646 and were distributed amongst the various states as follows: PERSONS MINISTERING TO RELIGION, CHARITY, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ART, AND SCIENCE. 16,046 13,664 5,307 3,409 3,117 1,755 43,298 9,786 53,034 14,419 14,676 4,440 3,456 1,930 1,913 40,834 8,831 49,665 84,132 18,567 102,699 Males 30,465 28,340 9,747 6,865 5,047 3,668 Males Persons TOTAL, PROFESSIONAL CLASS. 26,855 20,383 9,122 5,372 5,103 3,067 69,902 14,549 84,451 14,529 14,841 4,486 3,485 1,964 1,930 41,235 8,960 50,195 41,334 35,224 13,608 8,857 4,997 111,137 23,509 134,646 7,067 The number shown above as engaged in general government does not represent the total persons employed by the state, as the government officers have been included in the sections to which the nature of their work is most closely allied. It is not possible to give the total number of government employees for any state except New South Wales, where they numbered 32,000 at the census of 1901. GRADES OF WORKERS. In all the states except Queensland a distribution of bread-winners was made into the characteristic divisions, viz., employers, workers on their own account, relatives assisting, wage earners, other persons to |