33 2 German Agricultural Population. 



have some subsidiary employment, but their number is not 

 given, although it is stated to be less than the difference in 

 the case of both men and women. 



As regards the agricultural class, 1,049,542 (127 per cent, 

 of the occupied) have also another occupation, while the 

 number of cases where agriculture is named as a secondary 

 employment is 3,649,445. 



Compared with 1882, it appears that the number, both ot 

 persons (male and female) and of cases of secondary occupa- 

 tion, has increased, and in about the same proportion as the 

 population. But here again a great difference is to be 

 observed between agriculture and other industries, for 

 agriculturists are now seeking in far greater numbers to add 

 to their resources by other means than are the remaining 

 classes of the population; while all the other employments 

 (except only the persons of independent means or without 

 occupation) show a considerable numerical decline, which 

 is more than counterbalanced by the increase in the number 

 of farmers with a subsidiary pursuit. This is exhibited in the 

 following table : — 





1895. 



1882. 



Class. 



Number with 

 a secondary 

 occupation. 



Per cent, of 

 the occupied 

 persons of 

 each class. 



Number with 

 a secondary 

 occupation. 



Per cent, of 

 the occupied 

 persons in 

 each class. 



Agricultural class 



Industrial ,, 



Commercial ,, 



Servants not living with 

 their employers and 

 miscellaneous la- 

 bourers 



Army and professional 

 class 



Persons of independent 

 means or without 

 occupation 



1,049,542 

 1,491,865 

 384,104 



31,333 

 115,277 



201,335 



12-66 

 18-02 

 1 6 '43 



7- 24 



8- 08 



9- 40 



671,404 

 1,693,321 

 397,927 



55,96o 

 142,218 



179,679 



8-15 

 26-47 

 25-34 



14-08 

 1379 



13-27 



Total 



3,273,456 



14-28 



3,140,509 



16-54 



These figures would appear to indicate that the people in 

 all classes of employment tend more and more to devote the 



