GENERAL SUMMARY OF VICTORIA.—ORDERS., TABLE III.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Persons, Males and Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines), at all Ages and under and over Twenty Years of Age, of different Occupations, arranged in Twenty-five Orders.
Class. Order. Occupations. Exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines.*
Persons. Males. Females.
Total. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. Total. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years. Total. Under 20 Years. Over 20 Years.
Total 1,130,463 506,401 624,062 589,317 255,073 334,244 541,146 251,328 289,818
Total of Specified Occupations 1,123,777 505,820 617,957 584,052 254,583 329,469 539,725 251,237 288,488
I. 1 † Persons engaged in Government (not otherwise classed) and in defence, law, and protection 6,940 492 6,448 6,771 487 6,284 169 5 164
2 Persons ministering to religion, charity, health, education, art, science, and amusements 22,691 2,988 19,703 13,135 1,281 11,854 9,556 1,707 7,849
II. 3 Persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal service for which remuneration is usully paid 56,980 14,732 42,248 14,549 2,130 12,419 42,431 12,602 29,829
III. 4 Persons who perform offices in connexion with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money or real property 9,276 574 8,702 8,135 554 7,581 1,141 20 1,121
5 Persons dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination 2,514 486 2,028 2,101 415 1,686 413 71 342
6 Persons dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous articles 6,057 1,356 4,701 5,157 1,085 4,072 900 271 629
7 Persons dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 14,128 2,680 11,448 12,727 2,401 10,326 1,401 279 1,122
8 Persons dealing in animals, animal substances, and vegetable substances not used for food 4,721 644 4,077 4,452 541 3,911 269 103 166
9 Persons dealing in minerals, mineral substances, and metals 4,721 644 4,077 4,452 541 3,911 269 103 166
10 Persons dealing in substances mainly used for fuel and light 1,664 231 1,433 1,647 230 1,417 17 1 16
11 General and undefined dealers, and speculators on chance events 26,339 5,343 20,996 22,832 4,563 18,269 3,507 780 2,727
12 Persons engaged in storage 390 18 372 383 18 365 7 7
13 Carriers of persons, goods, letters, and messages 31,424 4,305 27,119 29,880 4,195 25,685 1,544 110 1,434
IV. 14 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, art and mechanic productions, in which materials of various kinds are employed in combination 28,904 6,411 22,493 27,880 5,974 21,906 1,024 437 587
15 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, textile fabrics, dress, or fibrous articles 37,415 11,768 25,647 10,928 1,979 8,949 26,487 9,789 16,698
16 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or other processes relating to, food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants 7,607 1,646 5,961 7,178 1,465 5,713 429 181 248
17 Persons engaged in manufacturing, or otherwise treating, animal and vegetable substances 6,671 1,016 5,655 6,382 856 5,526 289 160 129
18 Persons engaged in manufactures relating to minerals, mineral substances, and metals 14,394 3,307 11,087 14,330 3,285 11,045 64 22 42
19 Persons engaged in converting coal and other substances to purposes of heat, light, or energy 1,022 60 962 1,020 60 960 2 2
20 Persons engaged in the construction or repair of buildings, railways, roads, docks, canals, and earthworks, and in the disposal of dead matter and refuse 33,162 3,027 30,135 33,144 3,025 30,119 18 2 16