New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 73

Page 2593

✨ Census Occupations Data Publication

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OCCUPATIONS.—PROPORTION OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED IN EACH CLASS.

TABLE V.—Showing the Proportion of Employers, Persons in Business on their own Account but not employing others, Persons working for Wages or Salary, Relatives assisting but not receiving Wages, and Others undescribed, in every One Hundred Persons (Males and Females, exclusive of Maoris), engaged in each of the Seven Classes of Breadwinners, as returned at the Census of 1906.

SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS.

Occupations.	Males.	Females.
	Employers.	In Business on own Account but not employing other Persons.
I. Professional ..	..	..
II. Domestic ..	..	..
III. Commercial ..	..	..
IV. Transport ..	..	..
V. Industrial ..	..	..
VI. Agricultural, Pastoral, Mineral, and other Primary Producers	..	18.25
VII. Indefinite	..	..
Totals ..	..	..

OCCUPATIONS.—PROPORTION OF EMPLOYERS OF EACH CLASS TO THE TOTAL, ALSO OF THE EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED.

TABLE VI.—Showing, for the Total of Employers, Employed, &c., the Proportion in every One Hundred Persons (Males and Females, exclusive of Maoris) engaged in each of the Seven Classes of Breadwinners, as returned at the Census of the 29th April, 1906.

SECTION A.—BREADWINNERS.

Occupations.	Males.	Females.
	Employers.	In Business on own Account but not employing other Persons.
I. Professional ..	4.08	4.56
II. Domestic ..	3.85	2.05
III. Commercial ..	14.80	15.46
IV. Transport ..	2.45	3.63
V. Industrial ..	24.26	13.85
VI. Agricultural, Pastoral, Mineral, and other Primary Producers	50.56	60.45
VII. Indefinite	..	..
Totals	100.00	100.00
Total persons	41,476	46,936

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1907, No 73

After a massive fire destoyed the wooden Parliament complex in 1907, Old Government House (depicted) became the seat of Parliament until 1918. Demolished in 1969 to make way for the Beehive.

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🏛️ Census Occupations Data Publication (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated5 August 1907
KeywordsCensus, Occupations, Statistics, Population, Employment, Business, Wages, Unemployment, Relatives assisting

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