TABLE IV.—COMPARATIVE showing, at the DATE of the CENSUSES of 1891 and 1881, the NUMBER of PERSONS, MALES and FEMALES (exclusive of CHINESE and ABORIGINES), of DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS, arranged in TWENTY-FIVE ORDERS.
CLASS. ORDER. OCCUPATIONS. 1891. 1881.
PERSONS. MALES. FEMALES. PERSONS. MALES. FEMALES.
Total Population 316,560 163,030 153,530 279,865 149,530 130,335
Total of Specified Occupations 312,814 160,979 151,835 277,469 148,234 129,235
I. 1 Persons engaged by Government (not otherwise classed), and in defence, law, and protection 1,911 1,905 6 2,141 2,041 100
2 Persons ministering to religion, charity, health, education, art, science, and amusements 5,348 2,754 2,594 3,824 2,034 1,790
II. 3 Persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal service for which remuneration is usually paid 14,001 2,831 11,170 11,910 2,249 9,661
III. 4 Persons who perform offices in connection with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money or real property 1,843 1,622 221 1,382 1,209 173
5 Persons dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination 338 275 63 192 187 5
6 Persons dealing in textile frabrics, dress, and fibrous articles 1,526 1,072 454 1,000 855 145
7 Persons dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 3,317 3,043 274 2,475 2,331 144
8 Persons dealing in animals, animal substances, and vegetable substances not used for food. 576 542 34 933 932 1
9 Persons dealing in minerals, mineral substances, and metals 374 373 1 260 259 1
10 Persons dealing in substances mainly used for fuel and light 450 446 4 175 175
11 General and undefined dealers, and speculators on chance events 6,862 6,102 760 5,202 5,131 71
12 Persons engaged in storage 568 568 606 606
13 Carriers of persons, goods, letters, and messages 9,895 9,732 163 6,392 6,376 16
IV. 14 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, art and mechanic productions, in which materials of various kinds are employed in combination 6,110 5,996 114 4,809 4,758 51
15 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other process relating to, textile fabrics, dress, or fibrous articles 7,665 2,263 5,402 5,459 1,958 3,501
16 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other process relating to food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 1,958 1,901 57 1,587 1,545 42
17 Persons engaged in manufacturing, or otherwise treating, animal and vegetable substances 923 890 33 992 992
18 Persons engaged in manufactures relating to minerals, mineral substances, and metals 3,719 3,719 3,255 3,254 1
19 Persons engaged in converting coal and other substances to purposes of heat, light, or energy 119 119 35 35
20 Persons engaged in the construction or repair of buildings railways, roads, docks, canals, and earthworks, and in the disposal of dead matter and refuse 5,994 5,994 9,746 9,746
21 Persons engaged in mechanical operations or labor, the nature of which is undefined 10,423 10,423 11,688 11,630 58
V. 22 Persons engaged in cultivating land, breeding or rearing, preserving, or destroying animals, or obtaining raw products from natural sources 37,864 35,646 2,218 37,305 35,719 1,586
VI. 23 Persons not stated to have any fixed occupation but apparently living on incomes, also persons whose pursuits were imperfectly described 1,578 893 685 623 445 178
VII. 24 Persons engaged, if engaged at all, in household duties or being educated 187,319 60,538 126,781 163,617 52,474 111,143
25 Persons dependent upon the State or upon public or private support 2,133 1,332 801 1,861 1,293 568
Occupation not stated 3,746 2,051 1,695 2,396 1,296 1,100