SUMMARY TABLE VII., SHOWING the OCCUPATION of FEMALES in COUNTIES and PASTORAL DISTRICTS.
OCCUPATIONS. Total of Victoria. Total of Shipping and Travellers, including an estimate for migratory population. Total of Counties and Pastoral Districts. INHABITANTS OF
Anglesey. Bourke (including Melbourne.) Dalhousie. Dundas.
CLASS I.—Persons in the employment of the Government 17 17 12
CLASS II.—Sub-Class 4. Nurses and Assistants in Hospitals, &c. 67 67 45
CLASS III.—Persons engaged in Literature and Fine Arts:mash;
Sub-Class 1. Governesses, Teachers in Schools, and of Music, Drawing, &c. 432 1 431 282 4 2
Sub-Class 2. Artists, Painters, Photographers, &c. 6 6 6
CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep or lend Money or Goods :—
Sub-Class 2. Shopkeepers, Storekeepers, Retailers, Pedlers, &c. 146 1 145 4 59 1 1
Sub-Class 3. Bankers, Bookeepers, Gold Buyers, Commission Agents, &c. 1 1 1
Sub-Class 4. Assistants in Shops and Stores, Saleswomen, &c. 135 135 83 4 4
CLASS V.—Persons engaged in Entertaining, Clothing, and performing Personal Offices for Man :—
Sub-Class 1. Inn and Lodging-house Keepers, Publicans, Barmaids, &c. 218 1 217 139 7 1
Sub-Class 2. Needlewomen, Dressmakers, Milliners, Shoebinders, Capmakers, &c. 2,588 16 2,572 1 1,575 43
Sub-Class 3. Domestic Servants 8,320 31 8,289 16 5,260 178 59
CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and Pastoral—Persons engaged in growing Grain, Fruits, Animal and other products :—
Sub-Class 1. Squatters, Stockholders, Settlers, Sheep Farmers, Graziers, &c. 9 9 1 2
Sub-Class 3. Land Proprietresses (cultivating), Farmers, &c. 20 20 10
Sub-Class 4. Gardeners (Proprietors and Occupiers) 1 1 1
Sub-Class 5. Farm Servants, Dairymaids, &c. 65 2 63 15 5
CLASS X.—Persons dealing in Food and Drinks :—
Bakers, Pastrycooks, Confectioners, Fishmongers, Greengrocers, Cordial Makers, &c. 22 22 13
CLASS XII.—Miscellaneous Pursuits—Persons engaged in occupations not embraced in any other class 526 4 522 1 319 7
CLASS XIII.—Independent Means—Persons of Property and Rank, not returned under any office or occupation :—
Annuitants, House and Land Owners, Independent means, Ladies, &c. 290 2 288 1 199 4
CLASS XIV.—Persons engaged in Domestic Offices or Duties, and of no specified occupation :—
Sub-Class 1. Wives and Widows (mistresses of families) 32,285 383 31,902 67 15,455 795 173
Sub-Class 2. Girls under 15 years of Age (whether attending school or not) 30,820 281 30,539 108 14,902 904 239
CLASS XVI.Persons whose pursuits have not been specified, or who were unemployed 4,331 20 4,311 16 2,652 82 21
CLASS XVII.Persons maintained at Public Cost or by the Community :—
Sub-Class 1. Prisoners in Gaols, Stockades, and Watchhouses 86 86 64
Sub-Class 2. Patients in Hospitals, Inmates of Asylums, Immigration Depots, &c. 515 515 435
TOTALS 80,900 742 80,158 215 41,527 2,036 500