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Census of Singapore and its dependencies, taken under orders of Government in the Months of November and December, 1849.
TABLE II.
Showing the classification of the adult inhabitants into Profession or callings, as well as the Religions as far as they could be ascertained.
| Nations. | Profession or Calling. | Religion. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchants & Clerks | Mechanics | Agriculturists. | Labourers. | Servants. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Christian. | Jews. | Parsees. | Mahomedans. | Hindoo. | Buddhist. | Total. | |
| Europeans | 40 | 14 | 10 | ... | 3 | 131 | 198 | 358 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 360 |
| Eurasians | 52 | 12 | 14 | ... | 102 | 124 | 304 | 921 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 922 |
| Armenians | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 30 | 50 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50 |
| Arabs | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 60 | 82 | ... | ... | ... | 194 | ... | ... | 194 |
| Balinese | ... | 3 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 54 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 145 | ... | 149 |
| Boyanese | ... | ... | 310 | 303 | 21 | 69 | 703 | ... | ... | ... | 763 | ... | ... | 763 |
| Bugis | ... | 89 | 242 | 308 | 8 | 469 | 1,116 | ... | ... | ... | 2,269 | ... | ... | 2,269 |
| Caffries | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Chinese | 98 | 2,322 | 8,426 | 8,303 | 335 | 5,300 | 24,790 | 487 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 27,495 | 27,988 |
| Cochin-Chinese | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 27 |
| Javanese | ... | 136 | 336 | 356 | 37 | 116 | 981 | 1 | ... | ... | 1,648 | ... | ... | 1,649 |
| Jews | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 16 | ... | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 |
| Malays | 3 | 236 | 450 | 2,757 | 361 | 733 | 4,540 | 1 | ... | ... | 12,205 | ... | ... | 12,206 |
| Natives of India | 17 | 181 | 255 | 1,956 | 415 | 2,113 | 4,937 | 39 | ... | ... | 4,915 | 1,307 | ... | 6,261 |
| Parsees | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 5 | 23 | ... | ... | 23 | ... | ... | ... | 23 |
| Siamese | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 |
| 234 | 2,996 | 10,088 | 13,991 | 1,310 | 9,156 | 37,785 | 1,861 | 22 | 23 | 22,007 | 1,452 | 27,526 | 52,891 | |
LOUIS S. JACKSON,
Assistant Resident.Singapore, 23rd January, 1850.
