mechanical pursuits | -- | 55,236| 64,288|16.3| 11,548| 12,887|11.6 Bakers and butchers | 9 | 4,111| 4,512| -- | 632| 640| -- Blacksmiths[D] | 10 | 3,722| 4,003| -- | 852| 935| -- Boot and shoemakers and | | | | | | repairers | 10 | 2,195| 1,816| -- | 1,184| 965| -- Carpenters and joiners | 10 | 12,947| 12,394| -- | 3,029| 2,762| -- Cotton and textile mill | | | | | | operatives | 7 | 2,648| 2,534| -- | 258| 281| -- Engineers, firemen | | | | | | | (not locomotive) | 10 | 3,379| 5,151| -- | 881| 1,224| -- Iron and steel workers | 9 | 3,366| 4,808| -- | 779| 752| -- Machinists | 10 | 5,086| 8,088| -- | 92| 174| -- Marble and stone cutters | 5 | 1,009| 906| -- | 150| 149| -- Masons (brick and stone) | 6 | 2,663| 2,362| -- | 731| 1,264| -- Painters, glaziers, | | | | | | varnishers | 10 | 6,807| 7,372| -- | 875| 782| -- Plasterers | 7 | 672| 633| -- | 886| 811| -- Plumbers, gas and steam | | | | | | fitters | 7 | 1,925| 2,646| -- | 113| 151| -- Saw and planing mill | | | | | | employees | 7 | 2,543| 4,409| -- | 749| 1,062| -- Tailors | 10 | 2,163| 2,654| -- | 337| 307| -- ----------------------------+----+-------+-------+----+-------+-------+---- Total | -- |155,934|195,436|25.3| 84,032|109,393|30.2 ----------------------------+----+-------+-------+----+-------+-------+----