OCCUPATIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, 1891., TABLE LXI.—Showing the Occupations of the People of Victoria, arranged alphabetically ; also references to the manner in which they have been classed, &c.—continued.
Order. Sub-order. Occupations. Males. Females.
22 6 Miner, metals or minerals other than gold or coal* 32
6 Mining board officer 1
6 Mining contractor 4
6 Mining department officer (not geologist, mineralogist, geological surveyor, &c.) 18
6 Mining engineer, inspector, surveyor (not government officer) 289
6 Mining expert 1
6 Mining registrar 6
6 Mining smith 38
6 Mining watchman, woman 10 1
2 1 Minister of religion (undefined)† 95 3
1 1 Mint accountant 1‡
18 2 Mint officer, worker (not assayer or metallurgist) 29
2 1 Mission agent, missionary (not clergyman), missionary society's officer 67 10
Model, artists' (see Artist).
14 6 Model, maker 1
4 Modeller (see Image maker).
4 1 Money lender, broker, bill discounter 13
2 10 Monster 1
3 Monthly nurse (see Midwife).
18 1 Monument maker (see Tombstone).
14 6 Mould maker (see Die sinker).
7 2 Muffin seller, man 1
1 2 Municipal labourer (see Labourer).
2 9 Music, composer 3 1
9 Music, copyist 1
9 Music, teacher of § 222 1,131
5 2 Musical instrument importer, agent, seller, dealer 42 2
14 2 Musical instrument maker ‖ 6
2 Musical instrument tuner, repairer 81
2 9 Musician, vocalist 556 148
16 3 Mustard, pepper, spice—grinder, maker 3 1
18 3 Nail maker 27
22 4 Native seed collector 1
2 5 Naturalist 4
14 13 Naval architect 1
1 3 Naval Reserve (no other occupation stated) 6
20 2 Navvy, excavator ; railway, road—labourer 5,516
1 3 Navy officer in actual service 8
3 Navy petty officer, sailor, stoker servant, in actual service 104
15 3 Netmaker 2
5 1 News agent 199 33
14 1 Newspaper manager, clerk 22
1 Newspaper printer, reader, folder 80
5 1 Newspaper proprietor, publisher, seller, runner 341 5
20 3 Nightman, night-cart driver 95 1
1 4 Notary public 7
2 1 Nun¶ 236
3 Nurse (see Hospital, sick, wet—nurse).
3 2 Nursemaid 2,594
14 13 Oar, block, mast—maker 7
2 5 Observatory, officer of, astronomer, meteorologist 9
1 Occasional preacher (see Preacher).
Occupation not stated 5,265 1,421
2 3 Oculist (not qualified medical man) 7
3 2 Office keeper, cleaner 17 76
1 1 Office keeper, government service 2
2 Office keeper, town hall, shire hall, &c. 3 5
11 1 Officer keeper, (undefined) 2
Officer, army (see Army).
13 3 Officer, merchant service (see Mate).
1 3 Officer, navy (see Navy).
11 1 Officer, public company (undefined) 95
1 3 Officer (volunteers) 2
4 Official agent 6
4 2 Official or trade assignee 26
25 1 Old Colonists' Home 6 9
15 3 Oilcloth maker 1
5 14 Oilman and assistants 63 1
13 2 Omnibus driver, &c. (see Coach).
8 1 Omnibus stables—manager, groom 3
7 2 Onion merchant 7 1
2 10 Opera impresario, lessee, &c. 10
14 7 Optician 42
22 1 Orchard keeper (see Fruit-grower).
2 9 Organ blower 1
14 2 Organ builder** 38
2 9 Organ grinder (hand-organ player) 5
14 4 Ornament maker 2
6 Ornamental designer 2
25 1 Orphan asylum, inmate of 259 290
3 2 Ostler 15
6 2 Outfitter, clothes dealer, slop seller 176 18
18 3 Oven maker 40
1 2 Overseer, shire 1
7 1 Oyster, shellfish—dealer, hawker 10 2
3 1 Oyster-room proprietor, assistant 53 5
13 2 Packer on pack-horses 3
3 2 Page (domestic servant) 21
14 16 Paint maker, grinder 29