East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
THE CENSUS OF 1860.

ne census OF the United States, for
the present decade, will commence the 1st
of June next. BY the regulations
adopted, the duties Of the Assistant Mar
shals will have to be completed in six
weeks from the above date. G. w.
GRANT, Esq, who has been appointed to
take the census Of the major part OF
Saginaw County, embracing that portion
in which East Saginaw and Saginaw
City are located, informs us that he will
commence operations in this city on Fri
day of next week, (June ~ and will
complete the enumeration in these two
cities before pr oceeding to the "rural dis
tricts." 1t has been suggested that the
publication Of the questions necessary to
be answered would be Of benefit in facil.
itating the work, aud with that view we
give them place, and call the especial at
tention of our lumbermen, mill men. and
machinists, and manufacturers generally,
to the interrogatories in regard to manu-
featuring operations, as it is highly i'm
portant that an accurate exhibit thereof
should appear upon the census tables. If
little time is spent between this and
the first of June in preparing the neces-
sary statistics, it will save the Marshal
much time, and far more accurate
statement can be given than if it is put
off until the last moment. Here are the
interrogatories
The name of every person whose usual
place of abode on the LIST day of June,
1860, was in the family.
The age of each, sex and color,
whether white, black, or mulatto.
Profession, occupation or trade, of each
male person over ID years of age.
Value of Real Estate owned.
Place of birth of each, naming the
State, Territory or country.
Married within the year.
Attend school within the year.
Persons over 20 years of age that can
not read or write.
Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane,
idiotic, paupcr or convict.
Name of owner agent or manager of
the farm.
Number Of improved acres.
Number of unimpreved acres.
Cash value of farm.
Value Of farming implements and ma
chinery.
Live stock on hand June 1st, 1860,
viz: Number Of horses, mules or asses,
working oxen, mich COWS, and other
cattle, sheep and swine.
Value of live stock.
Value of live stock slaughtered during
the year.
Produce during the year ending June
LIST, 1860, viz: Number of bushels of
wheat, rye, Indian corn, oats, beans, peas,
buckwheat, barley, Irish potatoes, pounds
of wool, and pounds of tobacco.
Value of orchards products in dollars
Gallons of wine, value of produce of
market garden, pounds Of butter, of
cheese, tons of hay, bushels of clover
seed, and bushels of grass seed, pounds of
hops, pounds Of maple sugar, gallons of
molasscs, pounds of honey, Of bceswax,
value of home made manufactures.
Name of Corporation, Company or
individual producing articles, to the an
nual value of $500.
Name of the business, manufacture, or
product.
Capital invested in real estate and
personal estate in the business.
Raw material used, including fuel, viz:
Quantities. kinds, values, kind Of motive
power, machinery, structure or resource.
Average number of hands employed,
viz:-Male, female, average monthly cost
Of male and female labor.
Annual product, viz: Quantities, kinds
and values.
Names Of every person who died dur
ing the year ending June LIST, 1860,
whose usual place Of abode was in the
family, the age, sex and color, whether
white, Black, or mulatto, married or wild
owed, place Of birth, naming the State,
Territory or country, the month in which