CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—OCCUPATIONS., TABLE VI.—The Occupations of Persons, Males and Females, arranged in Orders and Sub-orders at each Census 1891 and 1901 ; also the Numerical and Centesimal Increases in each Sub-Order during the period between the two Censuses (exclusive of Aborigines)—continued.
Classification. OCCUPATIONS. 1891. 1901. Increase from 1891 to 1901.
Class. Order. Sub-order. Males. Females. Males. Females. Numerical. Centesimal.
Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total.
Dealing in—
III 8 1 Living animals 1,232 3 2,012 9 780 6 786 63.31 64.13
2 Manures and animal waste products 2 2 2
3 Leather, raw materials, and manufactures 60 1 238 2 178 1 179 296.67 288.71
4 Wool and other animal matters 390 898 1 508 1 509 130.26 130.51
5 Seeds, plants, flowers, vegetable products for fodder and gardening purposes 990 55 1,790 136 800 81 881 80.80 147.27 84.31
6 Other vegetable matters not included elsewhere 641 1,044 6 403 6 409 62.87 63.96
Total persons engaged in the sale and treatment of animals, and the sale of animal and vegetable substances, excluding dealers in food 3,313 59 5,984 151 2,671 95 2,766 80.62 161.02 82.03
9 1 Coal and other substances mainly used for fuel and light 1,339 10 2,084 25 745 15 760 55.63 56.33
10 1 Stone, clay, earthenware, glassware, and minerals not otherwise classed 159 16 331 33 172 17 189 108.18 106.25 108.00
2 Gold, silver, and precious stones 5 40 2 35 2 37
3 Metals other than gold and silver 1,339 10 1,765 25 426 15 441 31.81 32.69
Total persons engaged in dealing in minerals, other than for fuel and light 1,503 26 2,136 60 633 34 667 42.12 130.77 43.62
11 1 Merchants, dealers (undefined) 10,528 1,328 11,667 1,798 1,139 470 1,609 10.82 35.39 13.57
2 Other mercantile persons 6,059 559 5,022 1,332 (-) 1037 773 (-) 264 (-) 17.45 138.28 (-) 3.99
Total persons engaged as general dealers or in mercantile pursuits not elsewhere classed 16,587 1,887 16,689 3,130 102 1,243 1,345 0.61 65.87 7.28
12 1 Speculators on chance events 233 424 191 191 81.97 81.97
Engaged in—
13 1 Storage 313 1 172 1 (-) 141 (-) 141 (-) 45.05 (-) 44.90
IV 14 1 Railway traffic (not construction) 7,114 143 9,493 238 2,379 95 2,474 33.44 66.43 34.09
2 Road traffic (including tramways) 12,256 24 13,050 56 794 32 826 6.47 133.33 6.73
3 Sea and river traffic, and the regulation thereof 10,456 57 15,318 107 4,862 50 4,912 46.50 87.72 46.72
4 Postal service 1,875 253 2,644 517 769 264 1,033 41.01 104.34 48.54
5 Telegraph and telephone service 1,598 22 1,789 127 191 105 296 11.96 12.10
6 Delivery of documents, parcels, and messages by hand 909 1 528 (-) 381 (-) 1 (-) 382 (-) 41.87 (-) 41.98
Total persons engaged in the transport of passengers and goods, or in effecting communications 34,208 500 42,822 1,045 8,614 545 9,159 25.18 109.00 26.39
Working in—
V 15 1 Books and publications 4,045 314 4,641 626 596 312 908 14.73 99.36 20.83
2 Musical instruments 145 238 9 93 9 102 64.14 70.34
3 Prints, pictures, and art materials 277 13 364 28 87 15 102 64.14 70.34
4 Ornaments, minor art products, and small wares 317 114 451 265 134 151 285 42.27 132.46 66.13
5 Equipment for sports and games 13 26 2 13 2 15 100.00 115.38
6 Designs, medals type, and dies 150 138 8 (-) 12 8 (-) 4 (-) 8.00 (-) 2.67
7 Watches, clocks, and scientific instruments 712 4 734 7 22 3 25 3.09 3.49
8 Surgical instruments and appliances 16 1 32 9 16 8 24 100.00 141.18
9 Arms, ammunition, and explosives 80 75 (-) 5 (-) 5 (-) 6.25 (-) 6.25
10 Engines, machines, tools, and implements 3,804 5,432 3 1,628 3 1,631 42.79 42.87
11 Carriages and vehicles 2,912 1 3,364 11 452 10 462 15.52 15.86
12 Harness, saddlery, and leatherware 2,021 10 2,304 22 283 12 295 14.00 14.52
13 Ships, boats, and their equipment 1,181 1,663 482 482 40.81 40.81
14 Furniture 1,884 117 2,375 135 491 18 509 26.06 15.38 25.44
15 Building materials and other manufactures, composed mainly of timber 5,459 5 4,206 7 (-) 1253 2 (-) 1251 (-) 22.95 (-) 22.89
16 Chemicals and by-products 92 44 303 25 211 (-) 19 192 229.35 (-) 43.18 141.18
Total persons engaged in connection with the manufacture of art and mechanic productions 23,103 623 26,346 1,157 3,238 534 3,772 14.04 85.71 15.92
16 1 Textile fabrics 143 74 236 114 93 40 133 65.03 54.05 61.29
2 Dress 7,361 16,803 8,954 21,490 1,593 4,687 6,280 21.64 27.89 25.99
3 Fibrous materials 205 15 261 40 36 25 81 27.32 36.82
Total persons engaged in the manufacture or repair, etc., of textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous materials 7,709 16,892 9,451 21,644 1,742 4,752 6,494 22.60 28.13 26.40
17 1 Animal food 492 5 2,099 14 1,607 9 1,616 326.63 325.15
2 Vegetable food 5,003 157 6,669 600 1,666 443 2,109 33.30 282.17 40.87
3 Groceries, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 2,204 78 2,870 261 666 183 849 30.22 234.62 37.20
Total persons engaged in the manufacture, etc., of food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 7,699 240 11,638 875 3,939 635 4,574 51.16 264.58 57.61