Occupations of Chinese.—Males., TABLE XXXII.—Showing the Number of Chinese Males at all Ages and under Twenty Years of Age, of different Occupations, living in Victoria on the 2nd April 1871.
| Order. |
Sub-order. |
Occupations of Chinese.—Males. |
Numbers. |
|
|
Total |
(95)17899 |
| 1 |
1 |
Police |
1 |
| 2 |
1 |
Clergyman |
10 |
|
|
Irregular clergyman |
4 |
|
|
Church officer |
7 |
|
|
Others connected with religion |
23 |
| 2 |
2 |
Interpreter—law-court officer |
12 |
| 2 |
3 |
Irregular medical man |
41 |
|
|
Chemist, druggist |
(1) 28 |
| 2 |
4 |
Interpreter (not law-court officer) |
(1) 22 |
| 2 |
6 |
Schoolmaster (school not stated) |
1 |
| 2 |
7 |
Engraver |
1 |
| 2 |
8 |
Musician |
2 |
| 2 |
9 |
Actor |
46 |
|
|
Billiard-table marker |
1 |
|
|
Others connected with exhibitions |
3 |
| 3 |
2 |
Son, relative, visitor |
(14) 16 |
|
|
Scholar* |
(4) 5 |
| 4 |
1 |
Hotelkeeper |
7 |
|
|
Beer, colonial wine—seller |
5 |
|
|
Coffee, eating house—keeper |
40 |
|
|
Board, lodging house—keeper |
13 |
|
|
Cook (not domestic servant) |
37 |
|
|
Others engaged in board and lodging |
1 |
| 4 |
2 |
Domestic servant |
(1) 85 |
|
|
Inn, club-house—servant |
67 |
| 5 |
1 |
Capitalist |
2 |
|
|
Merchant |
53 |
| 5 |
1 |
Broker (not stock and share) |
2 |
|
|
Commission agent, factor |
12 |
|
|
Stock, share—broker, dealer, jobber |
5 |
|
|
Commercial clerk |
12 |
|
|
Other mercantile pursuits |
1 |
| 5 |
2 |
Shopkeeper (branch undefined) |
(2) 542 |
|
|
Hawker, pedler |
(1) 274 |
|
|
General dealer |
12 |
| 6 |
2 |
Coach proprietor |
1 |
|
|
Coach, cab, omnibus—driver, conductor |
6 |
|
|
Drayman, carrier, carter |
44 |
| 6 |
3 |
Ship servant, steward |
2 |
| 6 |
4 |
Storekeeper (bonded or free store, not shopkeeper) |
3 |
|
|
Store laborer, storeman (not shopman) |
10 |
|
|
Other connected with storeage |
1 |
| 6 |
5 |
Errandboy |
(1) 1 |
|
|
Others connected with messages |
2 |
| 7 |
1 |
Farmer, market-gardener |
(6) 1062 |
|
|
Farmer's son |
1 |
|
|
Farm servant (indoor) |
241 |
|
|
Agricultural laborer (outdoor) |
20 |
|
|
Gardener (not domestic servant) |
118 |
|
|
Others connected with agriculture |
4 |
| 7 |
2 |
Station overseer, superintendent |
6 |
|
|
Station servant (indoor) |
38 |
|
|
Station laborer (outdoor) |
6 |
| 7 |
3 |
Agricultural implement proprietor, worker |
1 |
|
|
Others connected with land (not cultivating or grazing) |
1 |
| 7 |
4 |
Animal, bird—keeper, dealer |
2 |
|
|
Fisherman |
(1)63 |
|
|
Others engaged about animals |
11 |
| 8 |
4 |
Taxidermist |
1 |
| 8 |
7 |
Watchmaker |
3 |
| 8 |
13 |
Builder |
1 |
|
|
Carpenter, joiner |
75 |
|
|
Bricklayer |
1 |
|
|
Mason |
1 |
|
|
Painter, plumber, glazier |
1 |
| 8 |
14 |
Furniture-maker |
10 |
| 8 |
15 |
Others working and dealing in chemicals † |
146 |
| 9 |
1 |
Cotton, flax—manufacture ‡ |
2 |
| 9 |
2 |
Hairdresser, wigmaker |
39 |
|
|
Tailor |
26 |
|
|
Hosier, haberdasher |
8 |
|
|
Boot, shoe—maker, dealer |
19 |
| 9 |
3 |
Rope, cord—maker |
1 |
| 10 |
1 |
Butcher |
114 |
|
|
Provision-curer |
2 |
|
|
Poulterer, game dealer |
13 |
|
|
Fishmonger, dealer, curer |
(1) 45 |
| 10 |
2 |
Miller |
2 |
|
|
Baker |
3 |
|
|
Confectioner, pastrycook |
12 |
|
|
Greengrocer, fruiterer |
57 |
| 10 |
3 |
Tea dealer, grocer |
42 |
| 11 |
1 |
Tallow-chandler |
5 |
|
|
Fellmonger |
1 |
|
|
Others in animal matters |
3 |
| 11 |
2 |
Firewood dealer, chopper, seller |
28 |
|
|
Splitter, fencer |
14 |
|
|
Sawyer, sawmill worker |
13 |
|
|
Basket-maker |
12 |
|
|
Hay, strawmadash;dealer |
1 |
|
|
Rag, waste-paper—gatherer, dealer |
22 |
|
|
Others working and dealing in vegetable matters |
1 |
| 12 |
1 |
Gold-miner (alluvial) |
(32)6750 |
|
|
Puddler |
(3) 393 |
|
|
Sluicer |
(15)2526 |
|
|
Gold-miner, quartz |
(2) 101 |
|
|
Quartz crushing—engaged in |
11 |
|
|
Gold-miner (not otherwise described) |
(8) 3586 |
|
|
Others engaged in mining |
7 |
| 12 |
2 |
Charcoal-burner |
2 |
|
|
Chimney-sweeper |
4 |