Number and Proportions—Sub-Orders., TABLE III.—Number of Persons, Males and Females, at all Ages, and under and of and over 20 years of Age, of different Occupations, arranged in Fifty-nine Sub-Orders, living in Tasmania on the 3rd April, 1881, and the Proportions per cent. of those of each Sub-Order to the Total of specified Occupations in the same column.
Class. Order. Sub-Order. Occupations (arranged in Fifty-nine Sub-Orders.) Numbers.
Persons. Males. Females.
All Ages. Under 20. 20 and over. All Ages. Under 20. 20 and over. All Ages. Under 20. 20 and over.
Total Population 115,705 57,459 58,246 61,162 29,098 32,064 54,543 28,331 26,182
Total of specified Occupations 114,722 57,268 57,454 60,483 28,963 31,520 54,239 28,305 25,934
I. I. 1 Officers of General Government 593 37 556 546 32 514 47 5 42
2 Officers of Local Government 34 34 33 33 1 1
3 Engaged in Defence 34 34 34 34
II. 1 Clergymen, Ministers, and Church Officers 203 203 162 162 41 41
2 Law Court Officers, Lawyers, and their immediate subordinates 205 38 167 205 38 167
3 Physicians, Surgeons, Druggists, &c. 170 29 141 149 29 120 21 21
4 Authors, Literary Persons, &c. 16 1 15 15 1 14 1 1
5 Scientific Persons, &c. 26 1 25 26 1 25
6 Teachers 860 132 728 253 24 229 607 108 499
7 Artists, &c. 55 18 37 49 15 34 6 3 3
8 Musicians and Music Teachers 91 15 76 27 5 22 64 10 54
9 Actors, &c. 33 8 25 30 7 23 3 1 2
II. III. 1 Wives and Widows of no specified occupation 16,621 252 16,369 16,621 252 16,960
2 Sons, Daughters, Relatives, Visitors (not otherwise described) 25,849 23,093 2,756 9,749 9,665 84 16,100 13,428 2,672
3 Scholars (so described) 21,215 21,203 12 10,695 10,690 5 10,520 10,513 7
IV. 1 Engaged in Board and Lodging 790 2 708 437 1 435 353 3 352
2 Engaged in Attendance 4,487 1,946 2,541 720 249 471 3,767 1,067 2,070
III. V. 1 Mercantile Persons 723 136 587 713 135 578 10 1 6
2 Other General Dealers 832 98 734 597 78 519 235 20 215
VI. 1 Carriers on Railways 263 26 237 256 26 230 7 7
2 Carriers on Roads 700 137 563 700 137 563
3 Carriers on Seas and Rivers 969 111 858 963 111 852 6 6
4 Engaged in Storage 131 20 111 131 20 111
5 Messengers and Porters 266 125 141 235 130 115 31 5 26
IV. VII. 1 Engaged in Agricultural Pursuits 17,748 5,615 12,133 14,610 4,064 10,546 3,133 1,551 1,587
2 Engaged in Pastoral Pursuits 860 166 694 734 110 634 126 56 70
3 Engaged on Land (not cultivating or grazing) 293 39 254 269 89 230 24 24
4 Engaged about Animals 507 129 378 505 129 875 2 2