TABLE VI.—OCCUPATIONS IN THE COLONY, ETC.—MALES.—Showing the Occupations, arranged in Classes, Orders, and Sub-orders, of Males of all Ages, and under and over Twenty Years of Age, &c.—continued.
Class. Order. Sub-order. Occupations of Males. The Colony. Melbourne and Suburbs (Greater Melbourne). 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.
DISTINCT OCCUPATIONS—continued.
V. 11 1 Others engaged in working and dealing in animal matters 147 35 112 88 31 57 20 3 17
V. 11 2 Oil, colorman, and assistants 28 28 25 25 2 2
French-polisher 242 80 162 228 76 152 7 4 3
Japanner 20 10 10 19 7 12
Timber merchant, dealer 297 35 262 164 19 145 64 11 53
Firewood—dealer, seller, chopper 1,769 421 1,348 299 57 242 650 160 490
Fencer, hurdle-maker, splitter 1,581 245 1,336 50 11 39 505 97 408
Turner 169 40 129 128 32 96 13 4 9
Cooper 397 53 344 267 31 236 60 8 52
Sawyer, saw-mill owner, worker 1,079 150 929 252 45 207 264 32 232
Basket-maker 82 19 63 60 14 46 12 4 8
Hay and straw salesman, dealer 53 12 41 26 4 22 12 3 9
Chaff-cutter 26 8 18 11 2 9 10 4 6
Paper manufacture and assistants 100 46 54 85 43 42
Rag, waste-paper—gatherer, dealer 62 62 25 25 35 35
Stationer and assistants (seealso bookseller, order 8, sub-order 1,ante) 117 31 86 90 25 65 16 3 13
Bill sticker, distributor 25 4 21 15 2 13 4 4
Others working and dealing in vegetable matters 135 50 85 70 39 31 15 2 13
V. 12 1 Gold-miner (alluvial) 12,035 804 11,231 65 1 64 10,962 749 10,213
Gold-miner (quartz) 8,235 870 7,365 53 53 8,157 759 7,398
Gold-miner miner, digger (not otherwise described) 13,879 1,447 12,432 266 3 263 13,292 1,326 11,966
Quartz crushing, &c., engaged in 1,035 264 771 13 1 12 185 82 103
Miner (other metals or minerals) 46 6 40 2 2 5 2 3
Others engaged in mining 828 122 706 32 32 512 108 404
V. 12 2 Coal, coke—merchant, dealer, heaver, and assistants 35 35 30 30 2 2
Charcoal burner, dealer 123 12 111 1 1 70 8 62
Chimney sweeper 42 4 38 31 3 28 7 1 6
Gasworks service 243 26 217 184 13 171 40 11 29
V. 12 3 Quarry owner, worker 632 58 574 385 34 351 76 5 71
Stone cutter, dresser (not masons) 288 57 231 203 44 159 45 7 38
Lime burner, quarrier, dealer 51 6 45 14 1 13 3 1 2
Plaster, cement—maker, dealer 4 4 1 1 1 1
Brick maker, dealer 798 141 657 395 87 308 146 16 130
Pottery maker, dealer 139 59 80 90 36 54 32 16 16
Glass maker, dealer 157 64 93 154 64 90 2 2
China, earthenware—maker, dealer 15 15 15 15
Road, railway—contractor 103 8 95 22 6 16 21 21
Road surveyor (not under Government or local government) 13 2 11 4 1 3 4 4
Road, railway—labourer, navvy, excavator 1,174 92 1,082 207 14 193 210 23 187
Nightman, scavenger 50 2 48 32 1 31 3 3
Others working and dealing in stone, clay, earthenware, or glass 62 11 51 34 8 26 7 1 6
V. 12 4 Waterworks service 95 6 89 53 1 52 36 4 32
Water carrier, carter, dealer 3 1 2 2 2
Ice maker, merchant, dealer 6 2 4 5 2 3 1 1
Others working and dealing in water 20 20 1 1 3 3
V. 12 5 Goldsmith, silversmith, jeweller—(seealso watchmaker, order 8, sub-order 7,ante) 529 141 388 459 119 340 41 13 28
Lapidary ; precious stones—worker, dealer 12 2 10 11 2 9 1 1
Assayer 24 3 21 15 2 13 7 1 6
Electroplater, plater 22 7 15 21 7 14 1 1
Others working and dealing in gold, silver, and precious stones 47 7 40 39 6 33 6 1 5
V. 12 6 Copper worker, dealer 85 22 63 76 21 55 9 1 8
Tin, zinc—worker, dealer 737 265 472 410 149 261 203 91 112
Lead, antimony—worker, dealer 8 1 7 8 1 7
Iron founder, moulder, worker, dealer 930 237 693 632 139 493 267 93 174
Blacksmith, whitesmith 4,543 1,134 3,409 1,459 348 1,111 1,394 378 1,016
Ironmonger, hardware dealer 609 144 465 405 95 310 133 31 102
Brass founder, moulder, worker, dealer 245 97 148 218 90 128 22 7 15
Locksmith, bell hanger 35 8 27 26 7 19 6 6
Gas-fitter 75 23 52 46 9 37 25 13 12
Others working and dealing in metals other than gold and silver 443 123 320 333 79 254 82 38 44
VI. 13 1 Labourer (branch undefined) 22,029 3,349 18,680 6,626 825 5,801 2,677 739 1,938
VI. 13 2 Mechanic, manufacturer (not otherwise described) 168 28 140 112 19 93 29 3 26
Apprentice (branch undefined) 283 272 11 148 142 6 51 48 3
Engineer, enginedriver, stoker, fireman (undefined) 1,743 104 1,639 1,158 147 1,011 1,069 69 1,000
Draughtsman (not otherwise described) 61 6 55 30 4 26 9 2 7
Manager, overlooker, foreman (nature of business not described) 186 7 179 119 2 117 6 6
Other indefinite occupations 1,123 407 716 583 169 414 306 113 193