Summary of Goldfields.—Sub-orders., TABLE XXIV.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females at all Ages, and under and over Twenty Years of Age, of different Occupations, arranged in sixty-two sub-orders, living on Goldfields on the 2nd April 1871, and the Proportions per Cent. of those of each sub-order to the Total of the same column.
| Class. |
Order. |
Sub-order. |
Occupations (arranged in sixty-two sub-orders). |
Proportions per Cent. |
| 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. |
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TOTAL POPULATION OF GOLDFIELDS |
270,428 |
131,501 |
138,927 |
155,269 |
65,558 |
89,711 |
115,159 |
65,943 |
49,216 |
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TOTAL OF SPECIFIED OCCUPATIONS |
269,616 |
131,331 |
138,285 |
154,743 |
65,492 |
89,251 |
114,873 |
65,839 |
49,034 |
| I. |
I. |
1 |
Officers of general government |
595 |
16 |
579 |
582 |
16 |
566 |
13 |
|
13 |
| I. |
I. |
2 |
Officers of local government |
162 |
10 |
152 |
162 |
10 |
152 |
|
|
|
| I. |
I. |
3 |
Defence |
22 |
|
22 |
22 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
| I. |
II. |
1 |
Clergymen, ministers, and church officers |
302 |
1 |
301 |
301 |
1 |
300 |
1 |
|
1 |
| I. |
II. |
2 |
Law-court officers, lawyers, and their immediate subordinates |
287 |
27 |
260 |
286 |
27 |
259 |
1 |
|
1 |
| I. |
II. |
3 |
Physicians, surgeons, druggists, &c. |
484 |
30 |
454 |
427 |
30 |
397 |
57 |
|
57 |
| I. |
II. |
4 |
Authors, literary persons, &c. |
55 |
6 |
49 |
54 |
6 |
48 |
1 |
|
1 |
| I. |
II. |
5 |
Scientific persons |
48 |
3 |
45 |
48 |
3 |
45 |
|
|
|
| I. |
II. |
6 |
Teachers, &c. |
1,716 |
432 |
1,284 |
613 |
97 |
516 |
1,103 |
335 |
768 |
| I. |
II. |
7 |
Fine arts |
86 |
12 |
74 |
77 |
10 |
67 |
9 |
2 |
7 |
| I. |
II. |
8 |
Musicians, music teachers |
184 |
19 |
165 |
114 |
2 |
112 |
70 |
17 |
53 |
| I. |
II. |
9 |
Actors, &c. |
125 |
11 |
114 |
115 |
10 |
105 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
| II. |
III. |
1 |
Wives and widows of no specified occupation |
38,747 |
774 |
37,973 |
|
|
|
38,747 |
774 |
37,973 |
| II. |
III. |
2 |
Sons, daughters, relatives, visitors (not otherwise defined) |
63,058 |
60,445 |
2,613 |
27,466 |
27,396 |
70 |
35,592 |
33,049 |
2,543 |
| II. |
III. |
3 |
Scholars (so described) |
53,492 |
53,468 |
24 |
27,179 |
27,168 |
11 |
26,313 |
26,300 |
13 |
| II. |
IV. |
1 |
In board and lodging |
1,830 |
11 |
1,819 |
1,340 |
9 |
1,331 |
490 |
2 |
488 |
| II. |
IV. |
2 |
In attendance |
8,161 |
3,942 |
4,219 |
1,167 |
257 |
910 |
6,994 |
3,685 |
3,309 |
| III. |
V. |
1 |
Mercantile persons |
1,647 |
186 |
1,461 |
1,607 |
176 |
1,431 |
40 |
10 |
30 |
| III. |
V. |
2 |
Other general dealers |
3,003 |
283 |
2,720 |
2,556 |
261 |
2,295 |
447 |
22 |
425 |
| III. |
VI. |
1 |
Carriers on railways (not railway construction) |
131 |
1 |
130 |
129 |
1 |
128 |
2 |
|
2 |
| III. |
VI. |
2 |
Carriers on roads |
2,397 |
330 |
2,067 |
2,392 |
330 |
2,062 |
5 |
|
5 |
| III. |
VI. |
3 |
Carriers on seas and rivers |
65 |
5 |
60 |
65 |
5 |
60 |
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|
|
| III. |
VI. |
4 |
Engaged in storage |
50 |
5 |
45 |
50 |
5 |
45 |
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|
|
| III. |
VI. |
5 |
Messengers and porters |
237 |
132 |
105 |
237 |
132 |
105 |
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