OCCUPATIONS, INCLUSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE OF CHINESE AND ABORIGINES—(CLASSES)., TABLE VIII.—Showing, by Classes, the Occupations of Persons, Males and Females, inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines ; also the Chinese and Aborigines ; and the proportions per cent. to their respective Totals of the different Classes, both inclusives and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.
OCCUPATIONS. Population. Proportions per cent.
Inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. Chinese. Aborigines. Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. Inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines. Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
CLASSES.
CLASS I.—Government—Persons engaged in the general and local government and defence of the country 3,774 3,746 28 1 1 3,773 3,745 28 0.699 1.140 0.013 0.734 1.237 0.013
CLASS II.—Professional—Persons in the learned professions (with their immediate subordinates) not in the Government service 3,090 2,579 511 80 80 3,010 2,499 511 0.572 0.785 0.241 0.586 0.325 0.241
CLASS III.—Professional—Persons engaged in literature, fine arts, and sciences 4,286 2,459 1,827 11 11 4,275 2,448 1,827 0.794 0.748 0.863 0.832 0.808 0.866
CLASS IV.—Trading—Persons who buy, sell, keep, or lend money or goods 15,594 13,809 1,785 1,046 1,044 2 14,548 12,765 1,783 2.886 4.202 0.843 2.831 4.215 0.845
CLASS V.—Personal Offices—Persons engaged in entertaining, clothing, and performing personal offices for man 36,442 12,152 24,290 360 359 1 12 6 6 36,070 11,787 24,283 6.745 3.697 11.475 7.019 3.892 11.509
CLASS VI.—Manufacturing—Persons engaged in art and mechanical productions, and in working and dealing in mineral, vegetable, and animal matters 33,780 33,556 224 150 150 33,630 33,406 224 6.252 10.210 0.106 6.544 11.029 0.106
CLASS VII.—Gold Mining—Persons engaged in digging for, washing out, and extracting gold 83,116 82,973 143 21,161 21,160 1 61,955 61,813 142 15.382 25.248 0.068 12.056 20.408 0.067
CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and Pastoral—Persons working land and engaged in growing grain, fruits, animals, and other products 52,801 45,664 7,137 564 564 78 72 6 52,159 45,028 7,131 9.772 13.894 3.372 10.150 14.866 3.381
CLASS IX.—Carrying—Persons engaged in the conveyance of men and goods 12,245 12,189 56 45 45 4 4 12,196 12,140 56 2.266 3.709 0.027 2.373 4.008 0.027
CLASS X.—Persons dealing in food and drinks 12,380 11,104 1,276 310 310 12,070 10,794 1,276 2.291 3.379 0.603 2.349 3.564 0.604
CLASS XI.—Miscellaneous Pursuits—Persons engaged in occupations not embraced in other classes 11,300 11,198 102 115 115 1 1 11,184 11,082 102 2.091 3.407 0.048 2.176 3.659 0.048
CLASS XII.—Independent Means—Persons of property and rank, not returned under any office or occupation 1,363 1,013 350 1 1 1,362 1,012 350 0.252 0.308 0.165 0.265 0.334 0.166
CLASS XIII.—Persons engaged in domestic offices or duties and of no specified occupation, scholars, &c. 254,507 83,712 170,795 10 6 4 64 28 36 254,433 83,678 170,755 47.102 25.471 80.689 49.510 27.627 80.920
CLASS XIV.—Persons maintained at public cost, or by the community 4,559 3,511 1,048 184 184 5 5 4,370 3,322 1,048 0.844 1.068 0.495 0.851 1.097 0.497
CLASS XV.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified, or who were unemployed, &c. 11,085 8,986 2,099 694 694 1,530 930 600 8,861 7,362 1,499 2.052 2.734 0.992 1.724 2.431 0.710
Total 540,322 328,651 211,671 24,732 24,724 8 1,694 1,046 648 513,896 302,881 211,015 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000