SUMMARY BY ELECTORAL DISTRICTS—(MALES AND FEMALES)., TABLE XIII—Showing the Occupations of Males and Females in each ELECTORAL DISTRICT—continued.
OCCUPATIONS. Totals.
Persons. Males. Females.
CLASSES AND SUB-CLASSES.
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. 1,056 1,003 53
Sub-class 2. Pastoral—Overseers on statons, stockmen, shepherds and station laborers, &c. 8,572 7,982 590
Sub-class 3. Agricultral—Farmers and market gardeners (owners), farmers' wives, &c. 17,285 12,986 4,319
Sub-class 4. Agricultural—Farm laborers and farm servants, gardeners (laborers) 23,758 21,600 2,158
Sub-class 5. Cattle dealers, sale-yard keepers, dealers in seeds, &c. 1,850 1,836 14
CLASS IX.—Carrying—Persons engaged in the conveyance of men and goods :
Sub-class 1. Goods traffic chiefly—Carriers by drays, bullock teams on the roads, lighters, &c. 6,604 6,583 21
Sub-class 2. passenger traffic chiefly—Owners of caches, cabs, boats for hire, railway emplyes, &c. 1,764 1,754 10
Sub-class 3. Water and wood carters, &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—Stewardesses, &c. 1,090 1,086 4
CLASS X.—Persons dealing in food and drinks :
Sub-class 1. Animal food chiefly—Butchers, poulterers, fishmongers, &c. 6,574 5,766 808
Sub-class 2. Vegetable food chiefly, and drinks—Bakers, confectioners, greengrocers, wine and spirit merchants, &c. 5,673 5,209 464
CLASS XI.—Miscellaneous pursuits—Persons engaged in occupations not embraced in other classes :
Sub-class 1. Laborers (undefined or unconnected with any of the foregoing pursuits) 8,092 8,080 12
Sub-class 2. Wood splitters, fencers, grubbers, &c. (otherwise undefined) 2,069 2,058 11
Sub-class 3. Other occupation—Proprietors of labor offices, billard-table keepers, &c. 1,049 970 79
CLASS. XII.—Independent means—Persons of property and rank, not returned under any office or occupation:
Sub-class 1. Persons deriving income from houses— Householders, house proprietors, &c. 686 548 138
Sub-class 2. Annuitants, "independent means," persons of rank (source of income undescribed) [Illegible] [Illegible] 164
Sub-class 3. Ladies (not otherwise described) [Illegible] [Illegible] 48
CLASS XIII.—Persons engaged in domestic offices or duties, and of no specified occupation, scholars, &c.:
Sub-class 1. Wives and widows (of no specified occupation) 69,162 69,162
Sub-class 2. Daughters, relatives, visitors, &c. (aged 15 years and upwards) 15,438 608 14,850
Sub-class 3. Sons, Daughters, relatives, visitors &c. (under 15 years of age) 107,862 51,492 56,370
Sub-class 4. Scholars, whether at public or private schools, or at home 60,934 31,019 29,915
CLASS XIV.—Persons maintained at public cost, or by the community :
Sub-class 1. Prisoners 1,909 1,758 151
Sub-class 2. Patients in hospitals, asylums, depots, &c. 2,524 1,739 785
CLASS XV.—Persons whose pursuits have not been specified, or who were unemployed, &c. :
Sub-class 1. Unemployed, " no occupation at present," paupers, &c. 5,496 4,449 1,047
Sub-class 2. Occupation not stated 3,106 2,527 579
Sub-class 3. Doubtful or indefinite pursuits 325 14 311
Sub-class 4. Unemployed by reason of sickness, exclusive of patients in hospitals, &c. 1,513 1,422 91
Sub-class 5. Unemployed by reason of accident, exclusive of patients in hospitals, &c. 424 418 6
Sub-class 6. Deaf and dumb, or blind 204 141 63
Total 535,043 324,070 210,973