Table No. CXIII., OCCUPATIONS of CHINESE, POLYNESIANS, and OTHER ALIEN RACES, according to the CENSUS of 1891, arranged in the ORDER of the NUMBER of PERSONS engaged in each OCCUPATION, also the NUMBER of each SEX so engaged.
|
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| CHINESE. |
| Market gardener |
2,564 |
2,564 |
|
| Farm servant, agricultural labourer |
797 |
797 |
|
| Mine proprietor, overseer, &c., gold, alluvial |
734 |
734 |
|
| Cook |
571 |
571 |
|
| Shopkeeper, storekeeper |
507 |
505 |
2 |
| Labourer, undefined |
488 |
488 |
|
| Fruit grower |
377 |
377 |
|
| Farmer |
227 |
227 |
|
| Others (board and lodging) |
211 |
211 |
|
| Greengrocer, fruiterer, &c. |
201 |
201 |
|
| Fisherman |
157 |
157 |
|
| Mine proprietor, overseer, &c., tin ore, alluvial |
128 |
128 |
|
| Sugar grower's labourer |
126 |
126 |
|
| Stockrider, drover, shearer, &c. |
96 |
96 |
|
| Hawker, pedlar |
85 |
85 |
|
| Tobacco growers |
82 |
82 |
|
| Others (attendance) |
77 |
77 |
|
| Horticulturist gardener |
71 |
71 |
|
| Other undefined means and occupation |
69 |
69 |
|
| Drayman, carrier, carter |
63 |
63 |
|
| Navvy, labourer, excavator |
57 |
57 |
|
| Inmate of lunatic asylum |
52 |
52 |
|
| Other pastoral pursuits |
47 |
47 |
|
| Carpenter, joiner, &c. |
45 |
45 |
|
| Baker, biscuit, pastry maker |
39 |
39 |
|
| Firewood billet chopper |
37 |
37 |
|
| Board and lodging-house keeper |
32 |
32 |
|
| Grocer, tea dealer |
32 |
31 |
1 |
| Housemaid, kitchenmaid, general servant |
30 |
29 |
1 |
| Others dealing in living animals |
30 |
30 |
|
| Child at home not otherwise described |
28 |
17 |
11 |
| Butcher meat salesman |
27 |
27 |
|
| Merchant |
24 |
24 |
|
| Furniture maker, cabinetmaker |
24 |
24 |
|
| Store labourers, &c., not shopmen |
23 |
23 |
|
| Inmates of gaol or penal establishment |
21 |
21 |
|
| Fishmonger, hawker, &c. |
18 |
18 |
|
| Wives |
17 |
|
17 |
| Laundryman, &c. |
16 |
16 |
|
| Hairdresser, barber |
15 |
15 |
|
| Opium dealer |
14 |
14 |
|
| Other undefined mercantile persons |
14 |
14 |
|
| Poulterer, game dealer |
13 |
13 |
|
| Others dealing in vegetable food |
11 |
11 |
|
| Clothing manufacturer, tailor, tailoress, dressmaker, &c. |
11 |
11 |
|
| Inmate of benevolent asylum |
11 |
11 |
|
| Commercial traveller |
10 |
10 |
|
| Inmate of hospital |
10 |
10 |
|
| Mine proprietor, overseer, &c., gold lode |
9 |
9 |
|
| Attending State school |
9 |
5 |
4 |
| Hotel-keeper, inn-keeper |
8 |
8 |
|
| Lottery-keeper, ticket-seller |
8 |
8 |
|
| Waterman, boatman |
8 |
8 |
|
| Others (finance, &c.) |
7 |
7 |
|
| Other speculators in chance events |
7 |
7 |
|
| Carter, waggoner, horse-driver, &c., undefined |
7 |
7 |
|
| Attending private school not denominational |
7 |
2 |
5 |
| Others (literature) |
6 |
6 |
|
| Coffee-house, eating-house, restuarantkeeper |
6 |
6 |
|
| Clerk, cashier, accountant, commercial, or undefined |
6 |
6 |
|
| Irregular medical practitioner |
5 |
5 |
|
| Pharmaceutical chemist |
5 |
5 |
|
| Others (furniture manufacture) |
5 |
5 |
|
| Hatter, cap, bonnet-maker |
5 |
5 |
|
| Charcoal burner |
5 |
5 |
|
| Others engaged in mines or quarries |
5 |
5 |
|
| Receiving instruction at home |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| Clergyman |
4 |
4 |
|
| Irregular clergy |
4 |
4 |
|
| Others connected with religion |
4 |
4 |
|
| Confectionery, pastry dealer |
4 |
4 |
|
| Commission agent |
4 |
4 |
|
| Goldsmith, silversmith, jeweller |
4 |
4 |
|
| Blacksmith, farrier, whitesmith |
4 |
4 |
|
| Draper (linen), woollen draper |
3 |
3 |
|
| General dealer |
3 |
3 |
|
| Shipmaster, officer, seaman (merchant service) |
3 |
3 |
|
| Basket and wicker ware maker |
3 |
3 |
|
| Boot, shoemaker, repairer, &c. |
3 |
3 |
|
| Milkers and others connected with the dairy |
3 |
3 |
|
| Others dependent on charity |
3 |
3 |
|
| Church officer |
2 |
2 |
|
| Others (health) |
2 |
2 |
|
| Banker, bank director, manager |
2 |
2 |
|
| Fancy goods dealer |
2 |
2 |
|
| Provision dealer |
2 |
2 |
|
| Others dealing in animal food |
2 |
2 |
|
| Others, general dealers |
2 |
2 |
|
| Others, minor art products |
2 |
2 |
|
| Chronometer, watch, clock, maker |
2 |
2 |
|
| Slaughterhouse keeper, slaughterman |
2 |
2 |
|
| Others working in wood |
2 |
2 |
|
| Woodman, axeman, timbergetter, &c. |
2 |
2 |
|
| Manager, assistant, &c. |
2 |
2 |
|
| Sons, daughters, relatives, domestic duties |
2 |
|
2 |
| Visitor, dependent relative |
2 |
2 |
|
| Member of religious order, not charity or education |
1 |
1 |
|
| Hospital or asylum attendant |
1 |
1 |
|
| Photographer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Share and stock broker dealer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Land proprietor, speculator |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others dealing in building materials, &c. |
1 |
1 |
|
| Tobacconist |
1 |
1 |
|
| Firewood dealer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Messenger and porter |
1 |
1 |
|
| Carver in wood, &c. |
1 |
1 |
|
| Armourer, gunsmith |
1 |
1 |
|
| Saddlery and harness maker |
1 |
1 |
|
| Sallmaker |
1 |
1 |
|
| Bed, bed mattrass maker, upholsterer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Fish curer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others manufacturing vegetable food |
1 |
1 |
|
| Tallow melter, boiler down (not meat preserver) |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others working in animal matters |
1 |
1 |
|
| Brick and tile maker |
1 |
1 |
|
| Road contractor |
1 |
1 |
|
| Engineer, enginedriver, stoker undefined |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others imperfectly defined |
1 |
1 |
|
| Others (agriculture) |
1 |
1 |
|
| Dairy farmer |
1 |
1 |
|
| Stockbreeder, squatter, grazier |
1 |
1 |
|
| Engaged in water supply |
1 |
1 |
|
| Mine proprietor, overseer, &c., tin ore, lode |
1 |
1 |
|
| Miner, proprietor, overseer, &c., silver and silver lead mining |
1 |
1 |
|
| Independent means |
1 |
1 |
|
| Attending denominational school, Roman Catholic |
1 |
|
1 |
| Receiving no education |
1 |
1 |
|
| Father, dependent on children |
1 |
1 |
|
| Other dependent relatives |
1 |
|
1 |
| TOTAL CHINESE |
8,574 |
8,527 |
47 |