Hi Andy - it is certainly not an easy one to read. Looks like three distinct words to me, the third of which is Lab. I believe it is something Iron Lab. Your man is on page 18 if you look at page 12, sixth line down I think you will see the same occupation though I'm still not sure what the first word is. That same page has four other Iron Labs but without that preceding word/abbreviation - I think it may have been added afterwards, possibly by someone else - if it is a y at the end of that word you will notice the enumerator does not form his letter y like that at all.   I will be interested to see other opionions.   Regards   Kara NZ ________________________________  I wonder if SKS with good imagination could interpret George CLARKE's occupation on the 1851 census. He's in Selston NTT at HO107/2125 Folio 82/18 Sched. 73. He's an Ag Lab in 1841, and 1861, but in 1851 it doesn't look anything like "Ag" or "Farm" or even "Iron". ________________