New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 73

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✨ Census Occupations Data Publication



OCCUPATIONS.—ORDERS.

TABLE II.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris) the Occupations of the People as on the 29th April, 1906, arranged in Twenty-eight Orders.

Class Order Occupations (arranged in Twenty-eight Orders). Males. Females. Total Sexes.
Under 5 Years. 5 and under 15 Years. 15 and under 20 Years.
I 1 Persons engaged in government, * defence, law, and protection (not otherwise classed) ... 31 462
2 Persons ministering to religion, charity, health, education, art, and science ... 73 943
II 3 Persons engaged in the supply of board and lodging, and in rendering personal service for which remuneration is usually paid ... 159 856
III 4 Persons who perform offices in connection with the exchange, valuation, insurance, lease, loan, or custody of money, houses, land, or property rights ... 29 674
5 Persons dealing in art and mechanic productions in which matters of various kinds are employed in combination ... 146 344
6 Persons engaged in the sale, hire, or exchange of textile fabrics and dress, and of fibrous materials ... 168 1,243
7 Persons engaged in dealing in food, drinks, narcotics, and stimulants† ... 202 1,702
8 Persons engaged in dealing in and treating animals, and dealing in animal and vegetable substances, excluding dealers in food† ... 26 216
9 Persons engaged in dealing in minerals or other substances mainly used for fuel and light ... 6 58
10 Persons engaged in dealing in minerals other than for fuel and light ... 29 413
11 Persons engaged as general dealers or in mercantile pursuits not elsewhere classed ... 173 1,592
12 Persons engaged as speculators on chance events ... ... ...
13 Persons engaged in storage ... ... 1
IV 14 Persons engaged in the transport of passengers, goods, or in effecting communications ... 449 2,923
V 15 Persons engaged in connection with the manufacture of, or in other processes relating to, art and mechanic productions in which materials of various kinds are employed in combination ... 302 3,597
16 Persons engaged in connection with the manufacture of, or in repairs, cleansing, or in other processes relating to, textile fabrics, dress, and fibrous materials ... 119 1,327
17 Persons engaged in connection with the manufacture of or in other processes relating to, food, drink, narcotics, and stimulants ... 139 1,188
  • The number included as engaged in “government” is a residue only (see note 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 V (Industrial). † Not including primary producers, grouped under Class VI.


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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
5 August 1907
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