TABLE showing the Occupations of Persons, Males, and Females under and over 20 years of age, in the Colony of Victoria, according to the Returns of the Census taken on the 2nd April 1871—continued.
OCCUPATIONS. PERSONS. MALES. FEMALES.
All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years.
Sub-order 3.—Carriers on seas and rivers—continued :
Lighthouse keepers 41 41 41 41
Shipowners 25 25 25 25
Ship—masters, officers, seamen (merchant service)(1) 2,086 170 1,916 2,086 170 1,916
Engineers, stokers, coal-trimmers of steamers (merchant service)(2) 80 1 79 80 1 79
Ship servants, stewards, stewardesses(3) 221 19 202 209 19 190 12 12
Stevedores, lumpers(4) 187 5 182 187 5 182
Watermen, boatmen, boat proprietors(5) 154 15 139 154 15 139
Others connected with seas or rivers (including ships' clerks, ship-watchmen, sailors' home employes, marine surveyors, supercargoes, dredgers, &c.)(6) 123 2 121 123 2 121
Sub-order 4.—Engaged in storage :
Storekeepers (bonded or free, not shopkeepers)(7) 58 1 57 56 1 55 2 2
Store laborers, storemen (not shopmen)(8) 812 58 754 812 58 754
Others connected with storage (including packers, store clerks, and laborers, &c.)(9) 51 10 41 50 9 41 1 1
Sub-order 5.—Messengers and porters :
Messengers, porters (not government or railway)(10) 343 129 214 342 129 213 1 1
Errand—boys, girls(11) 357 357 357 357
Telegraph service(12) 230 63 167 228 61 167 2 2
Others connected with messages (including mail carriers and contractors, express riders, &c.) 92 52 40 91 52 39 1 1
CLASS IV.—AGRICULTURAL.
ORDER 7—PERSONS POSSESSING, WORKING, OR CULTIVATING LAND, RAISING OR DEALING IN ANIMALS OR FOLLOWING PURSUITS SUBSIDIARY THERETO.
Sub-order 1.—Engaged in agricultural pursuits :
Farmers, market-gardeners(13) 25,580 267 25,313 24,966 263 24,703 614 4 610
Farmers' wives, assisting on farm 684 7 677 684 7 677
Farmers' sons, daughters, or other relatives, over 15 years of age, living on farm, if not otherwise described, or under 15 if stated to be assisting on farm 11,660 8,193 3,467 9,997 6,921 3,076 1,663 1,272 391
Farm bailiffs (overseers)(14) 171 10 161 171 10 161
Farm servants (indoor)(15) 11,983 2,694 9,239 11,432 2,424 9,008 501 270 231
Agricultural laborers (outdoor)(16) 2,468 329 2,139 2,468 329 2,139
Gardeners (not domestic servants)(17) 1,499 88 1,411 1,499 88 1,411
Others connected with agriculture (including bullock-drivers on farms, vinedressers, hop growers and pickers, hay trussers, &c.)(18) 155 21 134 153 21 132 2 2
Sub-order 2.—Engaged in pastoral pursuits :
Squatters, graziers, sheep, or cattle farmers(19) 1,236 8 1,228 1,201 8 1,193 35 35
Graziers' wives, assisting on station or grazing farm 21 21 21 21
Graziers' sons, daughters, or other relatives, over 15 years of age, living on station or grazing farm, if not otherwise described, or under 15 if stated to be assisting 357 178 179 329 160 169 28 18 10
Station or grazing farm managers, overseers, superintendents(20) 654 28 626 654 28 626
Station or grazing farm servants (indoor or at out-station)(21) 4,731 817 3,914 4,661 812 3,849 70 5 65
Station or grazing farm laborers (outdoor)(22) 38 5 33 38 5 33
Others connected with grazing (including herdsmen, shepherds to butchers, cowboys, poundkeepers' men, paddock keepers, station agents, &c.)(23) 240 116 124 240 116 124
Sub-order 3.—Engaged on land (not cultivating or grazing) :
Land proprietors 293 2 291 256 2 254 37 37
Land, estate—agents 95 8 87 94 7 87 1 1