OCCUPATIONS, INCLUSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE OF CHINESE AND ABORIGINES—(SUB-CLASSES)—continued., TABLE IX.—Showing by Sub-Classes the Occupations of Persons, Males and Females, inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines ; also of the Chinese and Aborigines, and the proportions per cent. to their respective Totals of the different Sub-Classes, both inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.

OCCUPATIONS.	Population.
	Inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.			Chinese.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
CLASSES AND SUB-CLASSES.
CLASS VI. (continued).—Manufacturing—Persons engaged in art and mechanical productions, and in working and dealing in mineral, vegetable, and animal matters :
Sub-class 4. Blacksmiths, whitesmiths, founders, mechanical engineers, &c.	5,647	5,618	29	63	63
Sub-class 5. Builders, carpenters, building surveyors, timber merchants, sawyers, &c.	8,508	8,489	19	64	64
Sub-class 6. Cabinet makers, furniture dealers, carvers and gilders, turners, &c.	1,083	1,020	63	5	5
Sub-class 7. Coach and cartmakers, wheelwrights, implement makers, &c.	1,754	1,748	6
Sub-class 8. Other artisans and mechanics, printers, bookbinders, coopers, &c.	3,140	3,060	80	15	15
Sub-class 9. Tanners, fellmongers, soapboilers, woolsorters, charcoal-burners, &c.	940	921	19	2	2
CLASS VII.—Gold mining—Persons engaged in digging for, washing out, and extracting gold :
Sub-class 1. Miners puddling	5,848	5,839	9	1,661	1,661
Sub-class 2. Miners sluicing	4,433	4,432	1	1,716	1,716
Sub-class 3. Miners quart-raising	7,713	7,700	13	2	2
Sub-class 4. Miners quartz-crushing, amalgamating, &c.	1,133	1,128	5	3	3
Sub-class 5. Miners alluvial sinking	42,559	42,489	70	13,840	13,839	1
Sub-class 6. Miners (branch of gold mining undefined), diggers, &c.	20,204	20,159	45	3,888	3,888
Sub-class 7. Mining surveyors, officers of mining companies, members of mining boards (not otherwise returned)	202	202
Sub-class 8. Engineers, engine-drivers, and stokers to mining engines, &c.	372	372		1	1
Sub-class 9. Carters of washing stuff, slabbers, &c.	652	652		50	50
CLASS VIII.—Agricultural and pastoral—Persons working land and engaged in growing grain, fruits, animals, and other products :
Sub-class 1. Pastoral—Squatters, stockholders, graziers, sheep farmers, settlers, &c.	1,064	1,011	53
Sub-class 2. Pastoral—Overseers on stations, stockmen, shepherds, and station laborers, &c.	8,660	8,069	591	72	72
Sub-class 3. Agricultural—Farmers and market gardeners (masters), farmers' wives, &c.	17,343	13,022	4,321	211	211
Sub-class 4. Agricultural—Farm laborers and farm servants, gardeners (laborers)	23,875	21,716	2,159	280	280
Sub-class 5. Cattle dealers and sale-yard keepers, seedsmen, farriers, poundkeepers, &c.	1,859	1,846	13	1	1
CLASS IX.—Carrying—Persons engaged in the conveyance of men and goods :
Sub-class 1. Goods traffic chiefly—Carriers, draymen, bullock-drivers on roads, lightermen, &c.	6,744	6,723	21	42	42
Sub-class 2. Passenger traffic chiefly—Owners and drivers of coaches, cabs, &c., watermen, railway employes, &c.	1,764	1,754	10	3	3
Sub-class 3. Water carters, woodmen, firewood splitters, &c.	755	742	13
Sub-class 4. Porters and messengers (not assistants in shops or stores)	492	489	3
Sub-class 5. Engaged in sea navigation—Sailors, ship stewards and stewardesses, &c.	2,490	2,481	9
CLASS X.—Persons dealing in food and drinks :
Sub-class 1. Animal food chiefly—Butchers, poulterers, fishmongers, &c.	6,685	5,874	811	257	257
Sub-class 2. Vegetable food chiefly, and drinks—Bakers, confectioners, greengrocers, wine and spirit merchants, &c.	5,695	5,230	465	53	53