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