For comparison:—
| Occupation. | Number of Persons Employed. |
| Agriculture | 1,197,922 |
| Textile fabrics | 1,155,397 |
| Professional occupations | 606,260 |
Owing to a change in the system of enumeration which alters the basis of comparison, the year 1891 cannot be used in our calculations.
The competent single-handed maid is meant here, not the little “slavey” who assists her mistress in the rougher part only of the work.
A further inquiry is needed into this matter. I am not at all clear whether servants are derived from the class of the fairly prosperous artisan or from the unskilled labouring class.