TABLE LXII.—Showing, at the last three Censuses, the Number of Males and Females of specific Occupations (including Chinese and Aborigines)—continued.
| Occupations. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
|
In Vegetable Matters—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Oil, colourman, and assistants |
38 |
|
28 |
|
107 |
3 |
| French polisher |
122 |
2 |
242 |
1 |
518 |
2 |
| Japanner |
15 |
|
20 |
8 |
32 |
|
| Timber merchant, dealer |
292 |
1 |
297 |
1 |
658 |
3 |
| Firewood dealer, seller, chopper |
2,602 |
18 |
1,769 |
6 |
2,954 |
15 |
| Fencer, hurdle-maker, splitter |
2,538 |
|
1,581 |
|
1,738 |
3 |
| Turner |
111 |
|
169 |
|
294 |
|
| Cooper |
384 |
|
397 |
|
428 |
1 |
| Sawyer, saw-mill owner, worker |
1,262 |
1 |
1,079 |
|
2,187 |
|
| Basket-maker |
62 |
|
82 |
2 |
137 |
1 |
| Hay and straw dealer |
62 |
1 |
53 |
4 |
125 |
|
| Chaff-cutter |
37 |
|
26 |
|
181 |
1 |
| Paper manufacture |
48 |
7 |
100 |
31 |
207 |
55 |
| Rag, waste paper—gatherer, dealer |
26 |
3 |
62 |
|
34 |
3 |
| Stationer and assistants (see also Book-seller, order 8, sub-order 1,ante) |
164 |
8 |
117 |
20 |
387 |
174 |
| Billsticker, distributor |
18 |
|
25 |
1 |
33 |
|
| Others working and dealing in vegetable matters |
104 |
38 |
135 |
66 |
403 |
269 |
|
In Mining—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gold miner (alluvial) |
26,916 |
6 |
12,035 |
2 |
6,462 |
|
| Gold miner, crusher (quartz) |
9,408 |
2 |
9,270 |
1 |
6,981 |
3 |
| Gold miner, miner, digger, not otherwise described |
16,087 |
6 |
13,879 |
2 |
7,756 |
4 |
| Miner (other metals or minerals) |
36 |
|
46 |
|
157 |
|
| Others engaged in mining |
665 |
2 |
828 |
3 |
1,735 |
1 |
|
In Coal—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Coal, coke—merchant, dealer, and assistants |
65 |
|
35 |
1 |
83 |
1 |
| Charcoal burner, dealer |
126 |
|
123 |
|
118 |
1 |
| Chimney sweep |
29 |
1 |
42 |
|
48 |
|
| Gasworks service |
98 |
1 |
243 |
|
852 |
1 |
| Coal dust maker |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
In Stone, Clay, Earthenware, and Glass—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Quarry owner, worker |
946 |
|
632 |
|
1,531 |
2 |
| Stone cutter, dresser (not masons) |
102 |
|
288 |
1 |
377 |
|
| Lime burner, quarrier, dealer |
93 |
|
51 |
1 |
91 |
1 |
| Plaster, cement—maker, dealer |
3 |
|
4 |
|
89 |
|
| Brick maker, dealer |
1,173 |
2 |
798 |
1 |
1,827 |
8 |
| Pottery maker, dealer |
74 |
2 |
139 |
|
222 |
2 |
| Glass maker, dealer |
28 |
1 |
157 |
3 |
263 |
4 |
| China, earthenware—maker, dealer |
20 |
11 |
15 |
6 |
52 |
21 |
| Road, railway—contractor |
318 |
|
103 |
1 |
3,644 |
8 |
| Road surveyor—inspector (not under Government or local government) |
82 |
|
13 |
|
12 |
|
| Road, railway—labourer, navvy, excavator |
4,295 |
|
1,174 |
|
5,937 |
|
| Nightman, scavenger |
48 |
|
50 |
|
123 |
1 |
| Others working and dealing in stone, clay, earthenware, or glass |
51 |
|
62 |
|
852 |
4 |
|
In Water—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Waterworks service |
88 |
|
95 |
|
294 |
1 |
| Water carrier, carter, dealer |
25 |
|
3 |
|
11 |
|
| Ice maker, merchant, dealer |
1 |
|
6 |
|
24 |
|
| Others working and dealing in water |
29 |
1 |
20 |
|
120 |
4 |