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 |