TABLE No. 7.—Occupations of the Male Population in Western Australia, also the number of Female Domestic Servants on 31st March, 1870, not including 1,470 Prisoners.
| DESCRIPTION. |
DISTRICTS. |
| ALBANY. |
CHAMPION BAY. |
FREMANTLE. |
GREENOUGH AND IRWIN. |
MURRAY. |
PERTH. |
ROEBOURNE. |
SUSSEX. |
SWAN. |
TOODYAY. |
WELLINGTON. |
YORK. |
TOTALS. |
| AGRICULTURE AND GRAZING. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Farmers |
88 |
61 |
31 |
173 |
73 |
71 |
20 |
80 |
128 |
246 |
195 |
238 |
1,404 |
| Farm Servants and Laborers |
108 |
108 |
63 |
239 |
57 |
84 |
1 |
67 |
170 |
231 |
206 |
213 |
1,547 |
| Overseers |
2 |
7 |
|
9 |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
40 |
| Shepherds |
91 |
69 |
5 |
44 |
18 |
10 |
15 |
31 |
33 |
104 |
82 |
111 |
613 |
| Hutkeepers |
8 |
18 |
|
9 |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
65 |
| Stockmen |
2 |
8 |
18 |
8 |
17 |
14 |
|
16 |
18 |
26 |
20 |
24 |
171 |
| Totals |
299 |
271 |
117 |
482 |
168 |
182 |
36 |
200 |
356 |
614 |
519 |
596 |
3,840 |
| MECHANICS, ARTIZANS, HANDICRAFTS, AND TRADES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Blacksmiths |
14 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
49 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
26 |
12 |
14 |
159 |
| Bricklayers |
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
25 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
44 |
| Brickmakers |
6 |
|
|
|
4 |
20 |
|
|
5 |
3 |
3 |
|
41 |
| Bookbinders |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Builders |
3 |
2 |
19 |
2 |
|
7 |
|
|
3 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
49 |
| Coopers |
|
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
| Carpenters |
19 |
17 |
42 |
10 |
10 |
78 |
2 |
12 |
16 |
21 |
28 |
23 |
278 |
| Coachmakers and Wheelwrights |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
|
|
4 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
47 |
| Engineers |
1 |
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
22 |
| Jewellers and Watchmakers |
|
|
6 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
| Masons |
7 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
74 |
| Painters and Glaziers |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
19 |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
41 |
| Printers |
|
|
6 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
| Saddlers |
1 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
|
17 |
1 |
|
5 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
49 |
| Sawyers |
21 |
|
20 |
|
13 |
118 |
3 |
28 |
21 |
3 |
53 |
2 |
282 |
| Shipwrights and Boatbuilders |
|
|
7 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
| Shoemakers |
16 |
14 |
35 |
15 |
11 |
56 |
2 |
11 |
14 |
31 |
32 |
26 |
263 |
| Sandal Wood Cutters |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
14 |
21 |
| Tanners |
5 |
|
|
1 |
|
10 |
|
1 |
|
|
7 |
|
24 |
| Tailors |
5 |
8 |
15 |
5 |
1 |
17 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
76 |
| Tinsmiths |
|
|
2 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
8 |
| Barbers |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
| Totals |
106 |
66 |
185 |
65 |
55 |
498 |
10 |
65 |
90 |
110 |
177 |
118 |
1,545 |
| TRADE AND COMMERCE. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Merchants, Storekeepers, &c. |
18 |
13 |
75 |
7 |
2 |
54 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
23 |
16 |
32 |
270 |
| Publicans |
5 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
65 |
| Bakers |
3 |
5 |
11 |
|
|
24 |
|
1 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
62 |
| Butchers |
1 |
5 |
14 |
1 |
|
12 |
|
2 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
50 |
| Brewers |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
| Millers |
1 |
|
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
30 |
| Agents |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Pearl Fishers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
| Mariners |
55 |
3 |
142 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
18 |
22 |
|
|
9 |
1 |
266 |
| Whalers and Fishermen |
6 |
|
12 |
|
|
11 |
|
4 |
|
|
2 |
|
35 |
| Bankers and Clerks |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
| Accountants and Clerks |
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
| Totals |
90 |
30 |
264 |
18 |
9 |
176 |
56 |
43 |
39 |
37 |
47 |
50 |
859 |
| LABORERS NOT AGRICULTURAL. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Miners |
|
46 |
|
9 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
64 |
| Teamsters |
15 |
29 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
58 |
|
15 |
|
16 |
37 |
47 |
242 |
| Boatmen |
17 |
|
37 |
|
|
59 |
2 |
|
15 |
|
1 |
|
131 |
| General Laborers |
60 |
29 |
120 |
80 |
10 |
250 |
|
15 |
37 |
87 |
31 |
98 |
767 |
| Stokers |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Woodcutters and Shingle-splitters |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
26 |
|
3 |
9 |
14 |
61 |
| Totals |
98 |
107 |
169 |
48 |
19 |
371 |
2 |
56 |
52 |
106 |
80 |
159 |
1,267 |