SUMMARY TABLE V. SHOWING the OCCUPATION of MALES in the Seaport Towns, Gold Fields, and Rural Districts respectively.
| OCCUPATIONS. |
NUMBER OF MALES. |
PROPORTION OF MALES. |
| Seaport Towns. |
Gold Fields. |
Rural Districts. |
Seaport Towns. |
Gold Fields. |
Rural Districts. |
| CLASS I.—Persons engaged in the General or Local Government and Defence of the Country :— |
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| Officers in the Civil and Military Service, Judges, Magistrates, Soldiers, Police, Messengers, and Workmen |
1,725 |
1,227 |
716 |
2.35 |
2.33 |
1.99 |
| CLASS II.—Persons in the Learned Professions (with their immediate subordinates) not in Government employment :— |
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|
|
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| Sub-Class 1. Clergymen and Ministers |
106 |
16 |
40 |
0.17 |
0.03 |
0.11 |
| Sub-Class 2. Church Officers—Lay Readers, Sextons, and persons employed about Churches |
24 |
3 |
4 |
0.04 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Sub-Class 3. Physicians and Surgeons |
262 |
179 |
82 |
0.43 |
0.34 |
0.23 |
| Sub-Class 4. Apothecaries, Dispensing Chemists, Assistants in Surgeries, Hospitals, &c. |
188 |
55 |
22 |
0.31 |
0.10 |
0.06 |
| Sub-Class 5. Lawyers—Barristers, Attorneys, Solicitors, Conveyancers and Proctors |
172 |
29 |
19 |
0.28 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
| Sub-Class 6. Law Clerks and persons employed in Lawyers' Offices |
143 |
4 |
8 |
0.23 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
| CLASS III.—Persons engaged in Literature, Fine Arts and Sciences :— |
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|
|
|
|
| Sub-Class 1. Teachers in Schools, Governesses, Professors of Music, Drawing, &c. |
147 |
26 |
121 |
0.24 |
0.05 |
0.33 |
| Sub-Class 2. Architects, Civil Engineers, Editors, Reporters, Painters (Artists), Photographers, &c. |
398 |
84 |
66 |
0.56 |
0.16 |
0.18 |
| CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep, or lend Goods or Money :— |
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|
|
|
| Sub-Class 1. Merchants and Wholesale Dealers |
1,758 |
107 |
94 |
2.90 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
| Sub-Class 2. Shopkeepers, Storekeepers, Retailers, Pedlers, &c. |
2,498 |
1,572 |
435 |
4.12 |
2.99 |
1.21 |
| Sub-Class 3. Bankers, Accountants, Bookkeepers Gold Buyers, Auctioneers, Agents, &c. |
921 |
126 |
60 |
1.52 |
0.24 |
0.17 |
| Sub-Class 4. Commercial Clerks, Salespeople and Assistants in Shops and Stores, Messengers, and Porters |
3,168 |
650 |
158 |
5.23 |
1.23 |
0.44 |
| CLASS V.—Persons engaged in Entertaining, Clothing, and performing Personal Offices for Man :— |
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|
|
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| Sub-Class 1. Inn and Lodging-house Keepers, Publicans, Livery Stable Keepers and Barmen, Grooms, &c. in Hotels |
1,502 |
431 |
703 |
2.48 |
0.82 |
1.95 |
| Sub-Class 2. Tailors, Dressmakers, Needlewomen, Shoemakers, Hatters, &c. |
1,278 |
427 |
365 |
2.11 |
0.81 |
1.01 |
| Sub-Class 3. Domestic Servants (General), Coachmen, Grooms, Gardeners, &c. |
894 |
411 |
822 |
1.48 |
0.78 |
2.28 |
| CLASS VI.—Manufacturing—Persons engaged in Art and Mechanical Productions, and in working and dealing in Minerals, Vegetable, and Animal Matters :— |
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|
|
|
| Sub-Class 1. Employers in Manufactures and Arts, Contractors, &c. |
1,000 |
99 |
157 |
1.65 |
0.19 |
0.44 |
| Sub-Class 2. Workers in Stone and Clay—Masons, Bricklayers, Slaters, Plasterers, Quarrymen, &c. |
2,283 |
261 |
687 |
3.77 |
0.50 |
1.91 |
| Sub-Class 3. Workers in Iron—Blacksmiths, Whitesmiths, Founders, Horseshoers, &c. |
658 |
432 |
308 |
1.09 |
0.82 |
0.86 |
| Sub-Class 4. Workers in Wood—Carpenters, Cabinetmakers, Coachmakers, Wheelwrights, &c. |
3,950 |
756 |
1,085 |
6.52 |
1.44 |
3.01 |
| Sub-Class 5. Other Artizans and Mechanics ; Printers, Compositors, Book-binders, Tanners, Fellmongers, &c. |
3,574 |
938 |
1,246 |
5.90 |
1.78 |
3.46 |
| Sub-Class 6. Hammermen, Hodmen, Apprentices and Assistants to Mechanics, &c. |
544 |
52 |
170 |
0.90 |
0.10 |
0.47 |
| CLASS VII.—Mining—Persons engaged in digging for and washing out Gold |
1,561 |
33,571 |
592 |
2.58 |
63.89 |
1.64 |
| CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and Pastoral—Persons working Land and engaged in growing Grain, Fruits, Animals, and other products :— |
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|
|
| Sub-Class 1. Squatters, Stockholders, Settlers, Sheep Farmers and Graziers |
123 |
41 |
711 |
0.20 |
0.08 |
1.97 |
| Sub-Class 2. Shepherds, Stockmen, Hutkeepers, and Station Servants |
117 |
382 |
5,474 |
0.19 |
0.73 |
15.20 |
| Sub-Class 3. Landed Proprietors (cultivating), Yeomen and Farmers |
499 |
88 |
2,242 |
0.62 |
0.17 |
6.23 |
| Sub-Class 4. Gardeners (Proprietors and Occupants) |
148 |
28 |
189 |
0.24 |
0.05 |
0.52 |
| Sub-Class 5. Farmers' Brothers, Sons, Nephews, &c., Farm Laborers, Gardeners working for hire (i.e. not Domestic Servants), Dairymaids, &c. |
684 |
190 |
3,405 |
1.13 |
0.36 |
9.46 |
| CLASS IX.—Carrying—Persons engaged in the Conveyance of Men and Goods :— |
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| Draymen, Bullock-drivers, Cab-owners and Cabmen, Bargemen, Watercarriers, &c. |
2,777 |
599 |
1,596 |
4.59 |
1.14 |
4.43 |
| CLASS X.—Persons dealing in Food and Drinks :— |
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|
|
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| Butchers, Bakers, Fishmongers, Confectioners, Greengrocers, Brewers, Cordial Makers, &c. |
1,653 |
1,189 |
429 |
2.73 |
2.26 |
1.19 |
| CLASS XI.—Laborers—Branch of Labor undefined |
4,810 |
1,022 |
2,801 |
7.94 |
1.94 |
7.78 |
| CLASS XII.—Miscellaneous Pursuits—Persons engaged in occupations, not embraced in other classes |
703 |
277 |
325 |
1.16 |
0.53 |
0.90 |
| CLASS XIII.—Independent Means—Persons of Property and Rank not returned under any office or occupation :— |
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|
|
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| Annuitants, House and Land Owners, Independent means, Gentlemen, &c. |
1,085 |
157 |
394 |
1.79 |
0.30 |
1.09 |
| CLASS XIV.—Persons engaged in Domestic Offices or Duties, and of no specified occupation :— |
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| Boys under fifteen years of age (whether attending school or not) |
15,129 |
5,867 |
9,106 |
24.99 |
11.17 |
25.28 |
| CLASS XV.—Sailors |
1,363 |
587 |
236 |
2.25 |
1.12 |
0.66 |
| CLASS XVI.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified or who were unemployed |
1,225 |
474 |
870 |
2.02 |
0.90 |
2.42 |
| CLASS XVII.—Persons maintained at Public Cost or by the Community :— |
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| Sub-Class 1. Prisoners in Gaols, Hulks, Stockades and Watchhouses |
800 |
103 |
274 |
1.32 |
0.20 |
0.76 |
| Sub-Class 2. Patients in Hospitals, Inmates of Asylums, Immigration Depots, &c. |
676 |
82 |
|
1.12 |
0.16 |
|
| TOTALS |
60,546 |
52,542 |
36,012 |
99.95 |
99.98 |
99.98 |