OCCUPATIONS OF MALES, 1891.—SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS., TABLE LXVII.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Males (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) at various Periods of Age of different Occupations, in Classified Arrangement—continued.
Class. Order. Sub-order. Occupations. Total. Number of Males at each Period of Age.
Under 5 Years. 5 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 45 45 to 65 65 and upwards. Unspecified.
COMMERCIAL—continued.
III. 13 3 Pilot service 39 18 16 5
Light-house keeper, assistant 52 2 23 26 1
Ship owner, agent, clerk 101 11 45 41 4
Ship master, officer, seaman (not Royal or Victorian navy) 2,088 4 50 227 1,231 448 93 35
Ship engineer, fireman, coal trimmer (not Royal or Victorian navy) 893 1 20 168 604 85 14 1
Ship servant, steward, cook (not Royal or Victorian navy) 1,064 7 120 213 516 111 7 90
Lighterman, bargeman 48 4 3 30 10 1
Stevedore, lumper 364 1 7 16 257 75 8
Waterman, boatman, boat proprietor 107 2 8 11 29 44 11 2
Others connected with sea and river traffic, including ballast master, agent, heaver, diver, ferry lessee, man, punt owner, keeper, ship surveyor, supercargo, stowaway, Marine board officer, member (not otherwise described), &c. 84 6 10 32 30 6
4 Postal officer, clerk, sorter, letter-carrier 1,035 18 157 301 425 109 23 2
Mail contractor, carrier, guard ; mailman 291 27 89 20 79 64 12
Postmaster, mistress (not in civil service, no other occupation stated) 126 2 4 79 40 1
5 Telegraph officer, operator, clerk, messenger 1,265 157 672 194 206 36
Electrician, electrical engineer—telegraph or telephone service 146 2 49 89 4 2
Telephone service (except engineer) 22 13 1 8
Telegraph line repairer 113 2 12 89 9 1
6 Messenger, porter (not government or local government) 683 156 207 101 156 52 9 2
Errand boy 419 343 76
Commissionaire 5 1 4
INDUSTRIAL.
IV. 14 1 Newspaper, book, periodical—manager, clerk 22 2 1 3 12 4
Printer, not lithographic (all branches) including Government printer and officers, newspaper printer, reader, folder, compositor, typesetter, &c. 3,814 219 1,073 823 1,360 278 52 9
1 Bookbinder, ruler (all branches) 381 31 86 72 162 24 6
Others working in books and publications, including maker of printers' materials, typewriter, &c. 11 4 2 5
2 Musical instrument maker 84 2 11 19 33 12 7
Musical instrument tuner, repairer 81 1 7 50 17 5 1
3 Lithographer, lithographic printer 291 17 65 61 111 32 5
Artists' materials manufacturer 4 1 2 1
Others working in prints, pictures, and art materials, including map maker, colourer, mounter, ticket writer, &c. 21 1 4 2 6 7 1
4 Carver (not sculptor), gilder 210 5 41 43 85 30 5 1
Picture-frame maker 100 5 25 15 36 17 2
Image maker, modeller 140 6 46 29 45 12 2
Basket, wickerware—maker 136 6 13 23 64 25 5
Brush, broom—maker 166 14 29 20 84 14 5