CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—OCCUPATIONS.,TABLE XVII.—Showing the Occupations of Chinese Females (including Half-castes), at stated periods of Age, in the Metropolis, Remainder of Colony, and Shipping, together with the numbers returned as Employers, engaged on their Own Account, Wage-earners, and Unemployed respectively.

Classification.			OCCUPATIONS.	Metropolis.	Remainder of Colony.	Shipping.	Total.	Periods of Age.								Grade.
Order.	Sub-Order.	Group.						Under 5 years.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 20.	20 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and over.	Age not stated.	Employer.	Engaged own account.	Relative assisting.	Wage-earner.	Unemployed.	Not stated.	Others : grade not applicable.
			TOTAL, CHINESE FEMALES	148	452	1	601	184	222	68	55	69	2		1	1	11		44	2		543
			CLASSES.
			1. Professional		4		4				2	2					2		1			1
			II. Domestic	9	31		40		5	17	9	8			1		5		33	2
			III. Commercial	1	2		3					3				1	2
			IV. Industrial	4	8		12		1	5	5	1					2		10
			V. Primary Producers
			VI. Indefinite
			VII. Dependents	134	407	1	542	184	216	46	39	55	2									542
			SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS.
2	7	4	Teacher, convent		1		1					1										1
		7	Governess, visiting		1		1				1								1
	9	3	Music teacher		2		2				1	1					2
3	1	1	Hotel, housemaid		1		1				1								1
			Hotel, servant		1		1				1								1
		3	Boarding-house keeper	1	3		4					4					4
	2	1	Housekeeper		1		1				1								1
		7	Cook	1			1				1								1
		8	Housemaid		1		1			1									1
			General servant	6	20		26		3	16	5	2							24	2
		9	Domestic nurse	1	3		4		2			1			1				4
		14	Laundress		1		1					1					1
11	1	2	Storekeeper		2		2					2				1	1
			Shopkeeper	1			1					1					1
14	4	7	Fancy box maker	1			1			1									1
15	2	1	Dressmaker	1	6		7		1	2	3	1					2		5
		4	Milliner		2		2			1	1								2
	3	4	Tent maker	2			2			1	1								2
23	1	1	Dependent, wife, domestic duties	35	57	1	93			10	29	52	2									93
			Dependent, widow, domestic duties		2		2			1		1										2
		2	Dependent, daughter, domestic duties	7	41		48		6	31	10	1										48
			Dependent, relative domestic duties		1		1			1												1
		3	Dependent, visitor domestic duties		3		3		1	1		1										3
	2	2	Dependent, daughter, scholar	32	131		163	4	158	1												163
			Dependent, relative scholar		6		6		6													6
			Dependent, lodger scholar		5		5		5													5
			Dependent, visitor, scholar	1	2		3		3													3
	3	2	Dependent, daughter	57	152		209	176	33													209
			Dependent, relative	1	5		6	4	2													6
24	1	3	Inmate of lunatic asylum		1		1			1												1
		4	Scholar, orphan asylum		1		1		1													1
			Scholar, State child	1			1		1													1