TABLE III.—Showing the OCCUPATIONS of the POPULATION, and the NUMBER of PERSONS engaged in each OCCUPATION ARRANGED in NUMERICAL ORDER.
| MALES. |
| Occupation. |
Number. |
| Farm laborers, and relatives assisting on farms |
14,817 |
| Farmers |
12,284 |
| Laborers, (branch of labor undefined) |
8,642 |
| Road and railway laborers, stonebreakers, navvies, excavators |
3,628 |
| Carpenters and joiners |
2,579 |
| Shepherds, stockmen, boundary-riders, shearers, station laborers |
2,520 |
| Other indefinite occupations |
2,392 |
| Miners—Copper |
1,544 |
| Miners—Gold |
315 |
| Miners—Miners, other metals or mineras |
145 |
| Cartersm slabbers, &c., on mines |
113 |
| Copper smelters |
79 |
| Blacksmiths and Whitesmiths |
2,124 |
| Draymen, carters, carriers |
2,056 |
| Masons, stone cutters, marble workers |
1,969 |
| Shipmasters, officers, pilots, seamen, stewards, ship servants |
1,960 |
| Commercial travellers and clerks |
1,825 |
| Market gardeners, gardeners, nurserymen |
1,686 |
| Boot and shoemakers, dealers, and assistants |
1,480 |
| Butchers, meat salesmen, and assistants |
1,285 |
| Officers of General Government (not railway or waterworks) |
1,201 |
| Storekeepers, shopkeepers (branch undefined) |
1,131 |
| Painters, paperhangers, plumbers, glaziers, gasfitters |
940 |
| Domestic servants |
774 |
| Liverystable-keepers and assistants, ostlers, grooms, &c. |
732 |
| Drapers, linendrapers, assistants |
679 |
| Hotelkeepers and publicans |
641 |
| Bakers and assistants |
638 |
| Hotel servants, waiters, cooks, billiard-markers, &c. |
626 |
| Station managers and overseers |
601 |
| Printers and compositors |
598 |
| Storemen, storelaborers, (bonded, import, and wholesale stores) |
583 |
| Brokers, land and commission agents |
574 |
| Coach, omnibus, cab-drivers, conductors, &c. |
564 |
| Saddlers, harness-makers, dealers |
551 |
| Wheelwrights |
550 |
| Engine-makers and mechanical engineers |
507 |
| Plasterers and ornamental plasterers |
484 |
| Grocers, tea-dealers, assistants |
476 |
| Civil engineers, architects, surveyors, draughtsmen (including those in Government service) |
462 |
| Furniture-makers, cabinet-makers, upholsterers, dealers |
455 |
| Builders and contractors for building |
416 |
| Bank officers, clerks, messengers |
409 |
| Brickmakers and dealers |
407 |
| Tailors |
404 |
| Enginedrivers, stokers, cleaners, &c. (on railways) |
402 |
| Squatters, graziers, sheepfarmers |
374 |
| Millers and flourmill workers |
360 |
| Sawyers, sawmill owners, workers |
345 |
| Police officers, constables, detectives, searchers, &c. |
344 |
| Clergymen (all denominations) |
341 |
| Engineers, stokers, &c., of steamers (merchant service) |
337 |
| Others engaged in mercantile pursuits |
333 |
| Tin, zinc, galvanized ironworkers, dealers |
333 |
| Coach, carriage makers, dealers |
326 |
| Land proprietors (agricultural or pastoral) |
316 |
| Schoolmasters and teachers (Government schools) |
310 |
| Engineers, stokers, firemen (not otherwise described) |
308 |
| Railway officers, stationmasters, clerks |
303 |
| Contractors (nature of service contracted for not specified) |
301 |
| Messengers and porters (not in Government or bank employ) |
294 |
| Hawkers and pedlars |
287 |
| Merchants and importers |
283 |
| Fishermen, fishmongers, curers, dealers |
277 |
| Fellmongers, tanners, curriers, leather dealers |
275 |
| House proprietors and householders |
268 |
| Quarry owners and workers |
256 |
| Ironmongers, hardware dealers, assistants |
256 |
| Fencers and splitters |
254 |
| Gentlemen (returned as such) |
246 |
| Others engaged in agricultural or pastoral pursuits |
207 |
| Shopmen (branch undefined) |
202 |
| Chemists, druggists, and their assistants |
188 |
| Shipbuilders and shipwrights |
184 |
| Greengrocers and fruiterers |
183 |
| Iron and brass founders (not mechanical engineers) |
179 |
| Managers, officers, clerks of public companies |
176 |
| Independent means and annuitants |
173 |
| Schoolmasters (private schools) |
171 |
| Bricklayers |
170 |
| Brewers, and others engaged in brewing |
162 |
| Physicians, surgeons, veterinary surgeons |
161 |
| Bushmen, grubbers, &c. |
157 |
| Firewood dealers and cutters |
156 |
| Road and railway contractors |
152 |
| Squatters' and graziers' sons assisting |
150 |
| Wellsinkers |
147 |
| Watch and clock makers |
142 |
| Officers of local Government (corporations, district councils, &c.) |
142 |
| Manchester warehousemen and assistants |
142 |