TABLE XXVII.—THE COLONY ; CITIES, TOWNS, AND BOROUGHS ; SHIRES AND ROAD DISTRICTS ; PLACES OUTSIDE LOCAL JURISDICTION ; GOLDFIELDS.—FEMALES.—Showing the Occupations of Females, at all Ages and under and over Twenty Years of Age, in the Colony ; in the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs ; in the Shires and Road Districts ; in Places outside Local Jurisdiction ; and on the Goldfields, on the 2nd April 1871.
Occupations of Females. The Colony of Victoria. Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. Shires and Road Districts. Places outside Local Jurisdiction. Goldfields.
All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. All Ages. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years.
CLASS III.—COMMERCIAL.
ORDER 5.—PERSONS WHO BUY OR SELL, KEEP OR LEND MONEY, HOUSES, OR GOODS OF VARIOUS KINDS.
Sub-order 1.—Mercantile persons :
Capitalist 48 1 47 41 1 40 6 6 1 1 15 1 14
Merchant 1 1 1 1
aBroker (not share or stock) 1 1 1 1
Share and stock—broker, dealer, jobber 1 1 1 1
Commercial clerk 1 1 1 1 1 1
Commercial traveller, saleswoman 115 34 81 106 31 75 9 3 6 24 9 15
Sub-order 2.—Other general dealers :
Shopkeeper (branch undefined), including assistants 613 62 551 384 32 352 223 30 193 6 6 294 18 276
Shopkeeper's wife (branch undefined), assisting in business 234 2 232 104 1 103 124 1 123 6 6 127 2 125
Pawnbroker 4 4 4 4
Hawker, pedler 27 27 22 22 5 5 6 6
aOther general dealers 104 11 93 100 11 89 3 3 1 1 20 2 18
ORDER 6.—PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE CONVEYANCE OF MEN, ANIMALS, GOODS, AND MESSAGES.
Sub-order 1.—Carriers on railways :
Railway station-mistress (1) 1 1 1 1 1 1
aRailway servant 27 1 26 5 5 22 1 21 1 1
Sub-order 2.—Carriers on roads :
Coach, omnibus, cab—proprietor 6 6 6 6 1 1
Carrier, carter 5 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 1
Livery-stable keeper 1 1 1 1 1 1
Toll keeper, contractor 9 1 8 9 1 8 2 2
Sub-order 3.—Carriers on seas and rivers :
Ship servant, stewardess 12 12 5 5 7 7
Sub-order 4.—Engaged in storage :
Storekeeper (bonded or free, not shopkeeper) 2 2 2 2
aOthers connected with storage 1 1 1 1
Sub-order 5.—Messengers and porters :
Messenger, porter (not government or railway) 1 1 1 1
aTelegraph service 2 2 1 1 1 1
bOthers connected with messages 1 1 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 :
Farmer, market-gardener 614 4 610 48 48 561 4 557 5 5 116 116