MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

PERSONS LIVING ON UNEARNED INCOME.

THESE PERSONS DERIVE THEIR income from rent of agricultural land and from property other than agricultural land, such as rent from houses, dividends on investments, or from pensions or funds. There were two classes of persons living on unearned income, as recorded in the census of 1911. The number of persons in the first group was 10,394 and those who supplemented this income by following other occupations were 2,651. In 1931, the number of persons getting income only from rent of agricultural land was 6,166 and those who supplemented this income by following other occupations were 2,485. Persons who lived on income from other kinds of property was 1,901, while those who supplemented this income by following other means of livelihood numbered 703. The 1951 census recorded 26,449 as persons living on agricultural rent, of whom 3,685 had secondary means of livelihood. Persons living on pensions, scholarships, doles, begging, grants, and unproductive activities were 2,929.

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