TABLE X.—SUMMARY showing, at the DATE of the CENSUS of 1891, the NUMBER of PERSONS, MALES and FEMALES (exclusive of CHINESE and ABORIGINES), of DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS, arranged in TWENTY-FIVE ORDERS.
CLASS. ORDER. OCCUPATIONS. PERSONS. MALES. FEMALES.
Total. Under 21 Years. 21 Years and upwards. Total. Under 21 Years. 21 Years and upwards. Total. Under 21 Years. 21 Years and upwards.
Total Population 316,560 163,164 153,396 163,030 82,342 80,688 153,530 80,822 72,708
Total of Specified Occupations 312,814 160,658 152,156 160,979 81,362 79,617 151,835 79,296 72,539
I. 1 Persons engaged in Government (not otherwise classed), and in defence, law, and protection 1,911 174 1,737 1,905 173 1,732 6 1 5
2 Persons ministering to religion, charity, health, education, art, science, and amusements 5,348 932 4,416 2,754 371 2,383 2,594 561 2,033
II. 3 Persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal service for which remuneration is usually paid 14,001 5,880 8,121 2,831 612 2,219 11,170 5,268 5,902
III. 4 Persons who perform offices in connection with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money or real property 1,843 147 1,696 1,622 143 1,479 221 4 217
5 Persons dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination 338 84 254 275 70 205 63 14 49
6 Persons dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous articles 1,526 535 991 1,072 334 738 454 201 253
7 Persons dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 3,317 861 2,456 3,043 797 2,246 274 64 210
8 Persons dealing in animals, animal substances, and vegetable substances not used for food. 576 93 483 542 73 469 34 20 14
9 Persons dealing in minerals, mineral sub-stances, and metals 374 135 239 373 135 238 1 1
10 Persons dealing in substances mainly used for fuel and light 450 106 344 446 106 340 4 4
11 General and undefined dealers, and speculators on chance events 6,862 1,715 5,147 6,102 1,540 4,562 760 175 585
12 Persons engaged in storage 568 68 500 568 68 500
13 Carriers of persons, goods, letters, and messages 9,895 1,929 7,966 9,732 1,904 7,828 163 25 138
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 1,536 4,574 5,996 1,484 4,512 114 52 62
15 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, textile fabrics, dress, or fibrous articles 7,665 3,034 4,631 2,263 525 1,738 5,402 2,509 2,893
16 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 1,958 572 1,386 1,901 542 1,359 57 30 27
17 Persons engaged in manufacturing, or otherwise treating, animal and vegetable substances 923 182 741 890 160 730 33 22 11
18 Persons engaged in manufactures relating to minerals, mineral substances, and metals 3,719 1,115 2,604 3,719 1,115 2,604
19 Persons engaged in converting coal and other substances to purposes of heat, light, or energy 119 15 104 119 15 104
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 5,994 517 5,477 5,994 517 5,477
21 Persons engaged in mechanical operations or labor, the nature of which is undefined 10,423 2,026 8,397 10,423 2,026 8,397
V. 22 Persons engaged in cultivating land, breeding or rearing, preserving, or destroying animals, or obtaining raw products from natural sources 37,864 9,307 28,557 35,646 8,214 27,432 2,218 1,093 1,125
VI. 23 Persons not stated to have any fixed occupation but apparently living on incomes, also persons whose pursuits were imperfectly described 1,578 22 1,556 893 14 879 685 8 677
VII. 24 Persons engaged, if engaged at all, in household duties or being educated 187,319 129,287 58,032 60,538 60,217 321 126,781 69,070 57,711
25 Persons dependent upon the State or upon public or private support 2,133 386 1,747 1,332 207 1,125 801 179 622
Occupation not stated 3,746 2,506 1,240 2,051 980 1,071 1,695 1,526 169