| 1 |
1 |
Gold miners, &c. |
82,973 |
| 2 |
2 |
Farm laborers and farm servants, gardeners (laborers) |
21,716 |
| 4 |
3 |
Farmers and market gardeners (masters), &c. |
13,022 |
| 3 |
4 |
Builders, carpenters, building surveyors, timber merchants, sawyers, &c. |
8,489 |
| 7 |
5 |
Laborers, branch of labor undefined |
8,110 |
| 6 |
6 |
Overseers on stations, stockmen, shepherds and station laborers, &c. |
8,069 |
| 12 |
7 |
Quarrymen, brickmakers, road and railway laborers, &c. |
8,040 |
| 5 |
8 |
Carriers, draymen, bullock-drivers on roads, lightermen, &c. |
6,723 |
| 8 |
9 |
Shop and storekeepers, warehousemen, dealers, hawkers, &c. |
6,411 |
| 10 |
10 |
Butchers, poulterers, fishmongers, &c. (animal food) |
5,874 |
| 15 |
11 |
Blacksmiths, whitesmiths, founders, mechanical engineers, &c. |
5,618 |
| 13 |
12 |
Bakers, confectioners, greengrocers, wine and spirit merchants, &c. (vegetable food and drinks) |
5,230 |
| 9 |
13 |
Domestic servants (general), cooks, coachmen (private servants), grooms, &c. |
4,899 |
| 11 |
14 |
Commercial clerks, assistants in shops, storemen, salesmen, &c. |
4,743 |
| 16 |
15 |
Masons, bricklayers, slaters, hodmen, plasterers, &c. |
4,193 |
| 17 |
16 |
Tailors, shoemakers, outfitters, hatters, &c. |
4,144 |
| 20 |
17 |
Inn and lodging-house keepers, barmen, &c. |
3,109 |
| 18 |
18 |
Other artizans and mechanics, printers, bookbinders, coopers, &c. |
3,060 |
| 14 |
19 |
Sailors, ship stewards, and others engaged in sea navigation |
2,481 |
| 21 |
20 |
Wood splitters, fencers, grubbers, bushmen (otherwise undefined) |
2,111 |
| 23 |
21 |
Bankers, brokers, accountants, auctioneers, commission agents, &c. |
1,891 |
| 19 |
22 |
Army, Navy, Police.—Officers, soldiers, constables, wardens, turnkeys, searchers, &c. |
1,876 |
| 24 |
23 |
Cattle dealers and sale-yard keepers, seedsmen, farriers, poundkeepers, &c. |
1,846 |
| 26 |
24 |
Owners and drivers of coaches, cabs, &c., watermen, railway employes, &c. |
1,754 |
| 22 |
25 |
Coach and cart makers, wheel wrights, implement makers, &c. |
1,748 |
| 29 |
26 |
Officers of General Government—Ministers of state, judges, resident magistrates, Government clerks, Government surveyors, &c. |
1,204 |
| 31 |
27 |
Teachers, schoolmasters, music teachers, inspectors of schools, &c. |
1,093 |
| 27 |
28 |
Cabinet makers, furniture dealers, carvers and gilders, turners, &c. |
1,020 |
| 28 |
29 |
Squatters, stockholders, graziers, sheep farmers, settlers, &c. |
1,011 |
| 32 |
30 |
Miscellaneous Occupations.—Proprietors of labor offices, billiard-table keepers, newspaper runners, &c. |
977 |
| 33 |
31 |
Tanners, fellmongers, soapboilers, woolsorters, charcoal-burners, &c. |
921 |
| 30 |
32 |
Other Professions.—Authors, editors, reporters, photographers, musicians, &c. |
806 |
| 25 |
33 |
Merchants |
764 |
| 38 |
34 |
Water carters, woodmen, firewood splitters, &c. |
742 |
| 35 |
35 |
Physicians, surgeons, oculists, dentists, &c. |
649 |
| 41 |
36 |
Architects, civil engineers |
560 |
| 42 |
37 |
Householders, house proprietors, &c., persons deriving income from houses |
548 |
| 37 |
38 |
Law clerks, law stationers, official assignees, bailiffs, law court officers, &c. |
538 |
| 39 |
39 |
Dispensing chemists, hospital attendants, and others ministering to health in a subordinate capacity |
535 |
| 34 |
40 |
Workmen in Government employment.—Messengers, office-keepers, chainmen in Government survey parties, &c. |
517 |
| 36 |
41 |
Porters and messengers (not assistants in shops or stores) |
489 |
| 45 |
42 |
Clergy, ministers, priests, missionaries, scripture readers, and their subordinates, sextons, pew-openers, &c. |
477 |
| 43 |
43 |
Contractors (special branch in which they work being undefined) |
467 |
| 40 |
44 |
Lawyers.—Barristers, attorneys, conveyancers, &c. |
380 |
| 44 |
45 |
Annuitants, " Independent means," persons of rank (source of income undescribed) |
263 |
| 46 |
46 |
Gentlemen (not otherwise described) |
202 |
| 47 |
47 |
Officers of Local Government.—Municipal officers, district road board officers, &c. |
149 |
|
|
|
232,442 |
|
|
RESIDUE OF THE MALE POPULATION. |
|
|
|
Sons, relatives, visitors &c. (under 15 years of age) |
51,972 |
|
|
Scholars, whether at public or private schools, or at home |
31,132 |
|
|
Unemployed, " no occupation at present," paupers, &c. |
4,453 |
|
|
Occupation not stated |
2,531 |
|
|
Prisoners |
1,772 |
|
|
Patients in hospitals, asylums, depots, &c. |
1,739 |
|
|
Unemployed by reason of sickness, exclusive of patients in hospitals, &c. |
1,427 |
|
|
Sons, relatives, visitors, &c. (aged 15 years and upwards) |
608 |
|
|
Unemployed by reasort of accident, exclusive of patients in hospitals, &c. |
420 |
|
|
Deaf and dumb or blind |
141 |
|
|
Doubtful or indefinite pursuits |
14 |
|
|
|
96,209 |