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.
INDUSTRIAL—continued.
IV. 18 2 Electro-plater, plater 42 5 8 4 20 4 1
Others working in gold, silver, and precious stones, including gold beater, chaser, melter, refiner, silver smelter, silver plate cleaner and polisher 37 4 4 13 13 3
3 Coppersmith, copper-worker 191 10 50 33 76 18 4
Tin, zinc—worker 874 42 195 170 326 115 26
Lead, antimony—worker (not type or shot maker) 16 1 3 3 8 1
Iron founder, moulder, worker, roller, puddler 2,561 52 465 460 1,284 263 32 5
Blacksmith, whitesmith, farrier (not veterinary surgeon) 6,130 104 1,343 1,265 2,415 800 194 9
Brass founder, moulder, worker, finisher ; brazier 383 22 97 77 154 29 4
Tinker 6 1 3 2
Others working in metals other than gold or silver, including bolt, nut, chain, gas stove, iron safe, lamp, range, oven, nail, railway signal, spring maker ; brass or iron turner, wire drawer, worker ; metal-worker (undefined), &c. 443 25 96 92 171 52 6 1
19 1 Gasworks service (all branches), including gas engineer, lamp lighter, meter, pipe inspector ; gasworks manager, officer, clerk, labourer, stoker, &c. 852 12 35 124 543 119 18 1
Firewood chopper, sawyer 28 1 2 17 5 2 1
Charcoal burner 110 2 2 16 58 25 7
Hydraulic energy (all branches) 19 1 3 13 2
Others working in fuel, light, or electric or hydraulic energy, including fire-kindler maker, electric lighting worker, &c. 11 5 1 3 2
20 1 Builder, building contractor, foreman, measurer, clerk 1,662 11 69 172 911 397 102
Stone, marble—mason ; mason 1,941 19 212 252 815 489 148 6
Bricklayer 2,996 23 333 633 1,502 386 107 12
Plasterer 2,058 17 280 474 1,027 222 35 3
Slater, tiler, shingler, thatcher 213 2 29 49 94 32 7
Mason's, bricklayer's, plasterer's, slater's labourer ; hodman 526 4 19 32 411 56 4
Carpenter, joiner, turner 13,176 109 1,341 2,273 5,946 2,690 781 36
Others working in houses and buildings, including bridge carpenter, building labourer, clerk, inspector of works, house remover, pile-driver, time-keeper, watchman at buildings, &c. 200 16 3 90 73 16 2
2 Contractor for railway, road, dock, or undefined 3,644 3 169 366 1,982 1,013 103 8
Foreman, inspector, ganger, time-keeper, clerk to contractor 326 1 8 178 134 4 1
Navvy, excavator ; railway, road—labourer 5,516 18 294 791 3,271 1,029 86 27
Pavior 119 2 11 72 27 7