LIST OF THE INHABITANTS OF MELBOURNE, 1695. 25 
there were 30 families of lower degree, who kept 44 servants 
between them (17 men and 27 maids.) There were also g trades- 
men, who had apprentices ; and it is significant that none of those 
who kept apprentices kept a servant. 
It will be interesting to see how these servants were distributed. 
The Vicar kept 1 maid. 
The Gentleman ,, 1 maid and 1 man. 
3 Yeomen Sy 2 Maids, 4, 4) mien: 
5 Farmers Bails Eerie peek ys 
t Blacksmith Se ETe MAG sat 2h «55 
1 Mercer Teer cea » I man 
1 Miller FF Tb oeky 
1 Mason eetemards 
1 Carpenter pile Bony: 95 
The Slater Py pele, fore 
The Warrener re Gree 
1 Labourer ee ore 
4 Widows » 4 maids and 1 man 
4 Widowers Te ee re) ea 
4 Bachelors Py eee reer 
30 27 on 
a The 13 apprentices were distributed as follows :—- 
3 To Joseph Riley, tailor, evidently the leading man in his 
trade. 
2 To Nathaniel Hazard, the cordwainer, who also kept a 
journeyman. 
2 To Owen Maples, the flaxdresser, who was one of the tax- 
collectors under the Act. 
t, To a carpenter. 
1 To a weaver. 
1 To a tailor. 
1 To a smith. 
1 To a mason. 
1 To a flaxdresser. 
The first name in the list is that of the Vicar, John Troughton, 
