Table No. CVI., OCCUPATIONS of CHINESE, POLYNESIANS, and OTHER ALIEN RACES, according to the CENSUS of 1886, arranged in ORDER of the NUMBER of PERSONS engaged in each OCCUPATION, also the NUMBER of each SEX so engaged.
|
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| CHINESE. |
| Farm servants (indoor) |
2,041 |
2,040 |
1 |
| Farmers, market gardeners |
1,173 |
1,172 |
1 |
| Gold-miners (alluvial) |
980 |
980 |
|
| Others engaged in the production of sugar |
735 |
735 |
|
| Shopkeepers (branch undefined) |
510 |
509 |
1 |
| Labourers (branch unspecified) |
483 |
483 |
|
| Gold-miners (undescribed) |
405 |
405 |
|
| Station or grazing farm servants (indoor) |
363 |
363 |
|
| Domestic servants |
324 |
319 |
5 |
| Cooks (not domestic) |
316 |
316 |
|
| Inn, club-house, eating-house, servants |
259 |
259 |
|
| Agricultural labourers (outdoor) |
244 |
244 |
|
| Gardeners (not domestic servants) |
228 |
228 |
|
| Miners for tin |
202 |
202 |
|
| Greengrocers, fruiterers, and assistants |
189 |
189 |
|
| Fishermen |
166 |
166 |
|
| No occupation |
148 |
147 |
1 |
| Firewood dealers, sellers, choppers |
142 |
142 |
|
| Station or grazing farm labourers |
132 |
132 |
|
| Furniture makers, cabinet makers, &c. |
102 |
102 |
|
| Fencers, hurdle makers, and splitters |
82 |
82 |
|
| Hawkers, pedlars |
69 |
69 |
|
| Grubbers and bushmen |
67 |
67 |
|
| Others engaged in attendance |
59 |
59 |
|
| Carpenters, joiners |
54 |
54 |
|
| Clerks, commercial, or unspecified |
50 |
50 |
|
| Board, lodginghouse keepers |
49 |
49 |
|
| Draymen, carriers, carters |
49 |
49 |
|
| Inmates of charitable institutions |
46 |
46 |
|
| Others working and dealing in gold, silver and precious stones |
38 |
38 |
|
| Ship servants, stewards |
33 |
33 |
|
| Others connected with grazing |
33 |
33 |
|
| Gold-miners (quartz) |
32 |
32 |
|
| Butchers, meat salesmen, and assistants |
29 |
29 |
|
| Bakers and assistants |
29 |
29 |
|
| Shipmasters, officers, seamen |
27 |
27 |
|
| Children under five, not otherwise described |
25 |
15 |
10 |
| Charcoal-burners, dealers |
24 |
24 |
|
| Road, railway labourers, navvies |
24 |
24 |
|
| Prisoners |
23 |
23 |
|
| Grocers, tea dealers, and assistants |
23 |
23 |
|
| Wives and widows |
22 |
|
22 |
| Merchants, not produce or provision |
22 |
22 |
|
| Animal, bird dealers |
21 |
21 |
|
| Fishmongers |
17 |
17 |
|
| Engineers, stokers, coal trimmers |
17 |
17 |
|
| Others working and dealing in vegetable food |
16 |
16 |
|
| Others working and dealing in vegetable matters |
16 |
16 |
|
| Blacksmiths, whitesmiths |
16 |
16 |
|
| Others working and dealing in drinks and stimulants |
15 |
15 |
|
| Others engaged about animals |
14 |
14 |
|
| Hairdressers, wig makers |
14 |
14 |
|
| Sons, daughters, and other relatives |
13 |
2 |
11 |
| Washerwomen, manglers, laundry keepers |
12 |
12 |
|
| Servants of charitable institutions |
11 |
11 |
|
| Others connected with agriculture or horticulture |
11 |
11 |
|
| Sawyers, sawmill owners, workers |
11 |
11 |
|
| Tin, quicksilver workers, and dealers |
11 |
11 |
|
| Others connected with religion |
10 |
10 |
|
| Others engaged in board and lodging |
9 |
9 |
|
| Goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewellers |
9 |
9 |
|
| Chemists, druggists, and assistants |
8 |
8 |
|
| Hotel-keepers |
8 |
8 |
|
| Store labourers, storemen |
8 |
8 |
|
| Quartz crushing |
8 |
8 |
|
| Sugar planters |
7 |
7 |
|
| Tailors |
7 |
7 |
|
| Fellmongers |
7 |
7 |
|
| Timber merchants, dealers, &c. |
7 |
7 |
|
| Registered under medical board |
7 |
7 |
|
| Others connected with medicine |
7 |
7 |
|
| Other literary persons |
6 |
6 |
|
| Others engaged in land |
6 |
6 |
|
| Cow keepers, dairy keepers, milk sellers |
6 |
6 |
|
| Scholars attending state school |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| French polisher |
5 |
5 |
|
| Miners in silver |
5 |
5 |
|
| Others working and dealing in water |
5 |
5 |
|
| Contractors and sons in business |
5 |
5 |
|
| Farm bailiffs and overseers |
4 |
4 |
|
| Others engaged in mining |
4 |
4 |
|
| Others indefinite occupations |
4 |
4 |
|
| Coffee or eating house keepers |
3 |
3 |
|
| Pawnbrokers |
3 |
3 |
|
| Watermen, boatmen, boat proprietors |
3 |
3 |
|
| Land proprietors |
3 |
3 |
|
| Watch and clock makers and assistants |
3 |
3 |
|
| Hatters and cap makers |
3 |
3 |
|
| Shoe and boot makers |
3 |
3 |
|
| Confectioners and pastrycooks |
3 |
3 |
|
| Others connected with seas or rivers |
2 |
2 |
|
| Other general dealers |
2 |
2 |
|
| Messengers, porters (not Government) |
2 |
2 |
|
| Farmers sons, daughters, and other relatives living on farm |
2 |
2 |
|
| Station or grazing farm managers, overseers and superintendents |
2 |
2 |
|
| Land surveyors and assistants |
2 |
2 |
|
| Horse-breakers, grooms, jockeys |
2 |
2 |
|
| Others working and dealing in animal food |
2 |
2 |
|
| Tobacconists |
2 |
2 |
|
| Water carriers, carters, dealers |
2 |
2 |
|
| Shopmen |
2 |
2 |
|
| Managers, overlookers, foremen, nature of business not described |
2 |
2 |
|
| Others of the criminal classes such as gamblers, gambling-house keepers |
2 |
2 |
|
| Occupation unspecified |
2 |
2 |
|
| Law court officers, crown prosecutors, and official assignees |
1 |
1 |
|
| Medical men |
1 |
1 |
|
| Schoolmasters, school not stated |
1 |
1 |
|
| Housekeepers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Nurses (not domestic servants) |
1 |
|
1 |
| Commission agents, factors |
1 |
1 |
|
| Coach, omnibus, cab drivers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others connected with conveyance |
1 |
1 |
|
| Stevedores, lumpers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others engaged in storage |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others connected with carving and figures |
1 |
1 |
|
| Saddlers, harness makers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Whipmakers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Shipbuilders, shipwrights |
1 |
1 |
|
| Boatbuilders |
1 |
1 |
|
| Builders |
1 |
1 |
|
| Drapers, linendrapers, and assistants |
1 |
1 |
|
| Wool staplers, classers, sorters |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others engaged in dress |
1 |
1 |
|
| Provision curers, dealers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Poulterers, game dealers |
1 |
1 |
|
| Ginger beer, soda water manufacturers, etc. |
1 |
1 |
|
| Tallowmelters, boilersdown |
1 |
1 |
|
| Turners |
1 |
1 |
|
| Basket makers |
1 |
1 |
|
| TOTAL CHINESE |
10,500 |
10,444 |
56 |