RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MASTERS EMPLOYING MEN AND THE NUMBER OF MEN EMPLOYED BY MASTERS IN THE MANUFACTURING, GOLD MINING, AND AGRICULTURAL CLASSES.

Number of Men Employed by each Master.	CLASS VI. MANUFACTURING.		CLASS VII. GOLD MINING.		CLASS VIII. AGRICULTURE.
	Number of Masters Employing Men.	Number of Men Employed by Masters.	Number of Masters Employing Men.	Number of Men Employed by Masters.	Number of Masters Employing Men.	Number of Men Employed by Masters.
1	187	187	139	139	[2] 1,990	[2] 1,990
2	139	278	138	276	1,076	2,152
3	105	315	84	252	604	1,812
4	69	276	[2] 77	[3] 308	[2] 374	[3] 1,496
5	43	215	[3] 47	[15] 235	[1] 205	[5] 1,025
6	44	264	32	192	156	936
7	13	91	10	70	59	413
8	14	112	19	152	65	520
9	9	81	8	72	36	334
10 to 15	30	359	43	484	110	1,237
15 to 20	9	156	[1] 14	[16] 235	46	763
20 to 30	30	645	21	458	31	681
30 to 40	9	281	7	229	14	444
40 to 50	5	209	3	134	8	338
50 to 75	6	325	1	50	6	307
75 to 100	4	366	3	275	1	95
Over 100	1	130
Total	717	4,290	[6] 646	[39] 3,561	[5] 4,781	[15] 16,533