New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 24

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✨ Census Occupation Statistics



OCCUPATIONS.—ORDERS.

TABLE II.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris) the Occupations of the People as on 12th April, 1896, arranged in Twenty-four Orders.

Class. Order. Occupations (arranged in Twenty-four Orders). Males. Females. Totals both Sexes.
Under 5 Years. 5 and under 15 Years. 15 and under 20 Years. 20 and under 25 Years. 25 and under 45 Years. 45 and under 65 Years. 65 Years and upwards. Unspecified. Total Males. Under 5 Years. 5 and under 15 Years. 15 and under 20 Years. 20 and under 25 Years. 25 and under 45 Years. 45 and under 65 Years. 65 Years and upwards. Unspecified. Total Females.
-------- -------- ----------------------------------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total population .. 42,448 86,605 40,364 34,264 96,857 57,789 12,503 585 371,415 41,211 84,887 40,370 34,452 83,392 39,123 8,253 257 331,945 703,360
I. 1 Persons engaged in government* (not otherwise classed) and in defence, law, and protection .. 14 320 405 1,613 1,067 116 3 3,538 .. .. 6 11 16 9 1 .. 43 3,581
2 Persons ministering to religion, charity, health, education, art, science, and amusements.. .. 50 841 1,154 4,020 2,032 350 14 8,461 .. 20 1,092 1,777 3,048 1,110 141 16 7,204 15,665
II. 3 Persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal service for which remuneration is usually paid .. .. 183 885 649 2,341 1,543 261 18 5,880 .. 987 7,581 6,652 5,769 1,717 186 38 22,930 28,810
III.† 4 Persons performing offices in connection with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money or real property .. 10 348 492 1,590 1,117 467 7 4,031 .. .. 6 4 81 204 134 .. 429 4,460
5 Persons dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination .. 46 234 156 671 404 79 1 1,591 .. 3 38 39 75 27 7 .. 189 1,780
6 Persons dealing in textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous articles .. 72 736 570 1,400 483 42 5 3,308 .. 8 248 241 288 63 6 .. 854 4,162
7 Persons dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants .. 234 1,400 1,135 3,201 1,335 182 10 7,497 .. 27 103 84 270 176 24 .. 684 8,181
8 Persons dealing in animals, animal substances, and vegetable substances not used for food .. 23 220 321 852 256 26 2 1,700 .. .. 2 2 4 3 .. .. 11 1,711
9 Persons dealing in minerals and other materials mainly used for fuel and light .. 7 53 50 205 166 21 2 504 .. .. 1 .. 2 3 1 1 6 510
10 Persons dealing in minerals other than for fuel .. 7 233 180 441 148 23 2 1,034 .. 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 26 1,060
11 Persons engaged as general dealers or in undefined mercantile pursuits .. 185 1,392 1,189 3,789 2,151 346 17 9,069 .. 23 345 348 550 291 37 .. 1,594 10,663
12 Persons engaged in storage .. 6 133 139 399 214 24 1 916 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 916
13 Persons engaged in the transport of passengers, goods, or communications .. 316 1,775 2,517 7,991 3,575 378 60 16,612 .. 5 43 107 119 48 3 .. 325 16,937
IV.† 14 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or in other processes relating to, art and mechanic productions, in which materials of various kinds are employed in combination .. 238 2,150 1,888 4,399 1,969 335 6 10,985 .. 17 203 154 95 16 2 .. 487 11,472
15 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or in other processes relating to, textile fabrics, dress, or fibrous materials .. 231 1,657 1,383 2,887 1,346 341 4 7,849 .. 246 4,359 3,618 3,169 565 87 6 12,050 19,899
16 Persons engaged in the manufacture of, or in other processes relating to, food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants .. 109 1,009 916 2,328 934 146 4 5,446 .. 12 79 23 58 24 4 1 201 5,647
17 Persons (not otherwise classed) engaged in manufacturing, or otherwise treating, animal and vegetable substances .. 67 709 768 2,098 802 106 13 4,563 .. 1 12 1 1 3 .. .. 18 4,581
18 Persons engaged in the alteration, modification, or manufacture, or in other processes relating to minerals, mineral substances, and metals .. 121 1,377 1,165 2,479 1,099 192 7 6,440 .. .. 1 9 4 3 .. .. 17 6,457
19 Persons engaged in the construction or repair of buildings, railways, roads, docks, earthworks, &c., and in the disposal of dead matter and refuse, or in mechanical operations or in labour the nature of which is undefined .. 147 1,737 1,683 6,591 4,523 782 20 15,483 .. .. 3 1 2 1 .. .. 7 15,490
20 Industrial workers imperfectly defined .. 226 2,537 2,700 7,259 4,252 796 35 17,805 .. 4 181 152 114 11 1 .. 463 18,268
V. 21 Persons engaged in cultivating land, breeding or rearing, preserving, capturing, or destroying animals, or in obtaining raw products from natural sources .. 3,615 15,974 14,067 37,874 25,930 5,349 207 103,016 .. 379 622 328 680 897 206 2 3,114 106,130
VI. 22 Persons whose occupations are imperfectly defined, embracing those deriving incomes from sources which cannot be directly related to any other class.. .. 44 258 282 1,193 1,200 1,133 24 4,134 .. 28 154 280 622 689 639 6 2,418 6,552
VII. 23 Persons dependent upon natural guardians .. 42,409 80,235 4,225 162 65 15 76 127,211 41,158 82,694 25,061 20,259 67,540 32,543 6,322 139 275,716 402,927
24 Persons dependent upon the State or upon public or private support .. 39 419 126 167 945 1,067 739 3,518 53 432 203 184 607 559 250 11 2,290 5,808
Totals specified .. 42,448 86,605 40,329 34,138 96,631 57,628 12,310 502 370,591 41,211 84,887 40,346 34,281 83,124 38,956 8,051 220 331,076 701,667
Occupation not stated .. .. 35 126 226 161 193 83 824 .. .. 24 171 268 107 202 37 869 1,693
  • The number included as engaged in “government” is a residue only. See footnote to Table I.

† The numbers in the various orders of Class III. (Commercial) include dealers only, but not manufacturers. These last are tabulated in the orders of Class IV. (Industrial).

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

MAR. 11.] 589



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