TABLE III.—Showing the OCCUPATION of the POPULATION and the NUMBER of PERSONS ENGAGED in them, ARRANGED in NUMERICAL ORDER.
MALES. |
Occupation. |
Number. |
Farm Laborers and Servants |
|
11,128 |
|
Farmers |
|
8,531 |
|
Laborers (branch of Labor undefined) |
|
5,013 |
|
Overseers on Stations, Stockmen, Shepherds, Hutkeepers, and Station Laborers |
|
2,500 |
|
Miners—Copper |
|
2,100 |
|
Miners—Carters, Slabbers, Engine-Drivers, Stokets, and others on Mines |
530 |
|
|
Miners—Gold |
319 |
|
|
Miners—Smelters, Ore-Dressers, &c. |
223 |
|
|
Miners—Miners and Diggers (otherwise undefined) |
124 |
|
|
Miners—Lead |
42 |
|
|
|
|
3,338 |
|
Commercial Clerks, Assistants in Shops, Storemen, &c. |
|
2,057 |
|
Builders, Carpenters, Building Surveyors, Timber Merchants, Sawyers, &c. |
|
1,786 |
|
Blacksmiths, Whitesmiths, Founders, Mechanical Engineers, &c. |
|
1,682 |
|
Tailors, Shoemakers, Dressmakers, Outfitters, Hatters, &c. |
|
1,439 |
|
Shop and Storekeepers, Warehousemen, Dealers, Hawkers, &c. |
|
1,200 |
|
Other Artizans and Mechanics—Printers, Bookbinders, Coopers, &c. |
|
1,162 |
|
Masons, Bricklayers, Slaters, Hodmen, Stuccomen, &c. |
|
1,137 |
|
Carriers, Draymen, Bullock-Drivers on Roads, Lightermen, &c. |
|
1,108 |
|
Engaged in Sea Navigation—Sailors, Ship Stewards, &c. |
|
927 |
|
Horticultural—Market Gardeners, Gardeners (Master), &c. |
|
867 |
|
Vegetable Food chiefly and Drinks—Bakers, Confectioners, Greengrocers, &c. |
|
840 |
|
Animal Food chiefly—Butchers, Poulterers, Fishmongers, &c. |
|
832 |
|
Domestic Servants (General)—Cooks, Coachmen, Grooms (Private Servants) |
|
791 |
|
Quarrymen, Brickmakers, Road and Railway Laborers, &c. |
|
726 |
|
Workmen in Government Employment—Messengers, Office Keepers, Chainmen in Survey Parties, Telegraph Constructors, &c. |
|
664 |
|
Other Occupations—Proprietors Labor Markets, Billiard-Table Keepers, &c. |
|
594 |
|
Owners and Drivers of Coaches, Cabs, Watermen, &c. |
|
555 |
|
Officers of General Government—Judges, Resident Magistrates, Government Clerks, Surveyors, &c. |
|
524 |
|
Bankers, Brokers, Accountants, Auctioneers, Commission Agents, &c. |
|
499 |
|
Coach and Cart Makers, Wheelwrights, Implement Makers, &c. |
|
493 |
|
Inn and Lodginghouse Keepers, Inn Servants, &c. |
|
482 |
|
Teachers, Schoolmasters, Tutors, &c. |
|
405 |
|
Pastoral—Squatters, Stockholders, Graziers, Sheepfarmers, &c. |
|
393 |
|
Woodsplitters, Fencers, Bushmen (otherwise undefined), &c. |
|
312 |
|
Cabinetmakers, Furniture Dealers, Carvers and Gilders, Turners, &c. |
|
299 |
|
Tanners, Fellmongers, Soapboilers, Woolsorters, Charcoal-Burners, &c. |
|
249 |
|
Clergy, Ministers, Priests, Missionaries and their Subordinates, Sextons, Pew-Openers, &c. |
|
245 |
|
Other Professions—Authors, Editors, Reporters, Photographers, Musicians, &c. |
|
237 |
|
Police, Warders, Turnkeys, &c. |
|
217 |
|
Annuitants, Independent Means, &c. |
|
211 |
|
Merchants, Importers, &c. |
|
204 |
|
Porters and Messengers (not Assistants in shops or stores) |
|
171 |
|
Contractors (branch undefined) |
|
160 |
|
Vignerons, Dressers, Gardeners, &c. |
|
154 |
|
Woodcutters, Watercarriers, Woodmen, &c. |
|
154 |
|
Overseers (branch of labor undefined) |
|
148 |
|
Physicians, Surgeons, Oculists, Dentists, &c. |
|
123 |
|
Architects, Civil Engineers, Surveyors (Land), Draughtsmen, &c. |
|
123 |
|
Dispensing Chemists, Druggists, &c. |
|
96 |
|
Lawyers, Barristers, Attorneys, Conveyancers, &c. |
|
90 |
|
Persons deriving Income from Houses—Householders, House Proprietors, &c. |
|
87 |
|
Law Clerks, Law Stationers, Bailiffs, &c. |
|
80 |
|
Officers of Corporations, District Councils, &c. |
|
77 |
|
Gentlemen (not otherwise defined) |
|
70 |
|
Cattle-Dealers and Saleyard Keepers, Farriers, Poundkeepers, &c. |
|
33 |
|
Church Officers, Vergers, Sextons, &c. |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
55,223 |
RESIDUE OF THE MALE POPULATION. |
|
|
|
Children, Relatives, Visitors, &c. (not otherwise defined) |
|
23,526 |
|
Scholars, whether in Public or Private Schools, or at Home |
|
14,736 |
|
Unemployed, " No Occupation at Present" |
|
816 |
|
Occupation not stated |
|
487 |
|
Patients in Hospitals, Asylums, Depots, &c |
|
419 |
|
Prisoners |
|
201 |
|
|
|
|
40,185 |
Total of the Male Population |
|
|
95,408 |