The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66
Occupations of the Chinese
Occupations of the Chinese.
The Chinese at the census of 1881 numbered 5,033, of whom sixteen were women. As special legislation has taken place with regard to them, the following statistics are given of their principal occupations :—
Gold-miners | 3,858 |
Farmers or market-gardeners | 298 |
Farm servants and labourers | 60 |
Gardeners | 95 |
Rabbiters | 53 |
Cooks | 56 |
Servants | 56 |
Shopkeepers | 85 |
Hawkers | 33 |
Labourers | 133 |
Inmates of charitable institutions | 18 |
Prisoner | 1 |
Various occupations | 347 |
amit | 5,033 |