SUMMARY TABLE III. Showing the OCCUPATIONS in CLASSES of Males and Females of all Ages, and the Proportion per Cent. which Persons of each Class bear to the Total of all Classes (exclusive of Chinese not in the employment of the other Colonists, and of the unemployed Aborigines).
| OCCUPATIONS. |
THE COLONY. |
| NUMBER OF PERSONS. |
PROPORTION PER CENT. |
| Both Sexes. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Both Sexes. |
| CLASSES. |
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| CLASS I.—Persons engaged in the General and Local Government and Defence of the Country |
3,946 |
3,919 |
27 |
1.648 |
0.018 |
1.028 |
| CLASS II.—Professional—Persons in the Learned Professions (with their immediate Subordinates) not in Government employment |
2,115 |
1,890 |
225 |
0.795 |
0.154 |
0.550 |
| CLASS III.—Professional—Persons engaged in Literature, Fine Arts, and Sciences |
2,926 |
1,775 |
1,151 |
0.47 |
0.788 |
0.763 |
| CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep, or lend Money or Goods |
12,751 |
11,393 |
1,358 |
4.792 |
0.930 |
3.323 |
| CLASS V.—Personal Offices—Persons engaged in Entertaining, Clothing, and performing Personal Offices for Man |
29,094 |
9,391 |
19,703 |
3.950 |
13.502 |
7.583 |
| CLASS VI.—Manufacturing—Persons engaged in Art and Mechanical Productions, and in working and dealing in Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal matters |
25,025 |
24,866 |
159 |
10.460 |
0.109 |
6.523 |
| CLASS VII.—Gold Mining—Persons engaged in Digging for, and Washing out Gold |
62,428 |
62,211 |
217 |
26.167 |
0.150 |
16.270 |
| CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and Pastoral—Persons working Land and engaged in growing Grain, Fruits, Animals, and other Products |
37,010 |
32,175 |
4,835 |
13.534 |
3.313 |
9.646 |
| CLASS IX.—Carrying—Persons engaged in the Conveyance of Men and Goods |
13,156 |
13,105 |
51 |
5.512 |
0.035 |
3.429 |
| CLASS X.—Persons dealing in Food and Drinks |
8,971 |
8,053 |
918 |
3.387 |
0.629 |
2.338 |
| CLASS XI.—Miscellaneous Pursuits—Persons engaged in Occupations not embraced in other Classes |
9,122 |
8,993 |
129 |
3.783 |
0.088 |
2.378 |
| CLASS XII.—Independent Means—Persons of Property and Rank, not returned under any Office or Occupation |
1,175 |
791 |
384 |
0.332 |
0.263 |
0.306 |
| CLASS XIII.—Persons engaged in Domestic Offices or Duties, and of no specified Occupation, and Scholars |
167,493 |
52,401 |
115,092 |
22.041 |
78.869 |
43.655 |
| CLASS XIV.—Persons maintained at Public Cost, or by the Community |
3,115 |
2,606 |
509 |
1.096 |
0.349 |
0.812 |
| CLASS XV.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified, or who were Unemployed, &c. |
5,341 |
4,174 |
1,167 |
1.756 |
0.800 |
1.392 |
| TOTAL of the POPULATION (exclusive of Chinese not in the employment of the other Colonists, and of the unemployed Aborigines) |
383,668 |
237,743 |
145,925 |
100.00 |
99.997 |
99.996 |