597 
Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Dunedin, Otago, from ls£ July 
to 30 tli October 1861. 
Whence. 
Males. 
Females. 
Children. 
Total. 
Hobart Town, 
563 
22 
13 
Glasgow, .... 
505 
202 
188 
London, .... 
16 
7 
2 
Sydney, .... 
684 
11 
13 
Geelong, .... 
126 
2 
4 
Launceston, .... 
390 
8 
6 
Newcastle (Australia), 
131 
1 
0 
Melbourne, .... 
10,765 
152 
85 
From parts in New Zealand, 
! 
2,161 
84 
38 
! 
Adult males, .... 
15,341 
489 
349 
1 16,179 
Do. females, 
489 
Of the children, there would 
Excess of males, 
14,852 
1 
be about as many girls as 
boys. 
11 From the foregoing tables you will observe, that before the gold 
discoveries the males vastly out-numbered the females ; while for 
the last three months of which I have any account, the emigration 
amounted to 15,341 males, and 489 females. 
“ I would weaken my case were I to add one word to this de- 
scription. 
“ The industrial employment of women engages the attention of 
many as a remedy for existing evils. 
“As I do not think ther'e is an adequate idea abroad as to the 
extent to which women are already employed in this country, I 
think it well to give the following particulars as to the occupation 
or position of females, taken from the census of 1 851 : — 
Census, 1851. 
Occupations of Females — Scotland. 
Class 1. Persons engaged in the general or local 
government of the country, . . 359 
„ 2. Persons in the learned professions (with 
their immediate subordinates), either 
filling public offices or in private prac- 
tice, . . . . 80 
,, 3. Persons engaged in literature, the fine 
arts, or the sciences, . 
4,441 
