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The table on the previous page shows under each heading the 
numbers of persons thus included in the census classification of 
agriculture as an industry and of the numbers classified by occupa- 
tion. It will be seen that a small number of men employed in 
woods and forests are included and also some 24,000 other persons 
whose occupations are not agricultural, such as smiths, carpenters, 
carmen, etc., but who are employed by persons in the agricultural 
or horticultural industry. 
Excluding these latter persons, the total number of persons 
in the agricultural industry is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 
about 8,000 are separately distinguished as employed in woods 
and forests. i 
The difference in the numbers in the different groups as 
classified by “industry ”’ and as classified by ‘‘ occupation is 
not very material except in the case of gardeners and gardeners’ 
labourers, of whom approximately 100,000 are allocated in the 
“industry ”’ tables to the general heading of agriculture. As 
already explained, a large proportion of the numbers returned by 
occupation are domestic gardeners and gardeners employed in 
public parks and gardens. 
It will be seen that the number of persons engaged in farming 
and stock raising is about 950,000, of whom 250,000 are definitely 
classed as “farmers ” and 93,500 as “ relatives assisting in work 
on the holding.” The numbers engaged in poultry farming are 
11,700, in market gardening and fruit farming 66,000, and in 
flower, seed-growing and nursery gardening 28,500. Unfortu- 
nately, no exact distinction is made between employers and 
workers in these latter groups, though from another table in 
the Census Report it appears that 39,000 persons described as 
gardeners, nurserymen, ete., are employers or working on their 
own account. It is assumed that the majority of these are 
engaged in commercial horticulture and that they are conse- 
quently included in the above totals. 
Comparison with Returns obtained by the Ministry of Agri- 
culture.—The particulars afforded by these ‘Industry’ Tables 
enable comparison to be made with the returns obtained by 
the Ministry in the Agricultural Schedule in the same year 
—viz., 1921. The returns on the Agricultural Schedule are 
statements made by the occupier of the land as to the number 
of persons actually employed on the date of the return, whether 
as regular or casual workers, excluding the occupier, his wife 
and domestic servants, but including sons or other relatives 
working on the farm. 
These figures should to some extent be comparable with 
those given in the Industry Tables, though the latter are dependent 
on statements made by the worker, while the others rest on 
statements made by the occupier of the land, and there is room 
for considerable differences in the persons included in each case. 
Exact agreement is not to be expected, but the comparison 
between the two sets of figures, so far as it can be made, is shown 
below for the year 1921.