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## 1920 Instructions

The following instructions were distributed to approximately 87,000 enumerators who conducted the 1920 population and agriculture censuses as of January 1, 1920.

**1920 Instructions**

**Instrucciones A Los Enumeradores: Puerto Rico**

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