The New York herald., 1870-05-25

OF course the products Of the next farm or the
same arcles, would he recorded on the line next to
tnat ON which the products or the farms already
visited are recorded.
PROJECTS OF INDUSTRY.
Next in Importance to that OF agriculture are our
industrial products, and TO these are devoted :ne
fourth schedule. AS with the other the inquiries
refer only to productions during the year ending
June ]. 1870. 10 begin with. the name OF the cor
poration, company or individual producing to the
valuc OF $500 annually required, and after that
name OF business, manufacture or product, and the
capital whether real or personal or both. invested
in the business Under the mead OF "MOtivc Power''
it Is desired to know what kind OF power Is
used, whether steam, water. wind horse or hand.
ana II steam or water the number ol horse power.
Ii machines are used their name or description
and che number in operation are necessary. To as
certain the extent cost and amount Of labor or such
business inquiry will be made Of the average number
OF hands employed, including males above sixteen
years, females above fifteen years and children and
youth; also the total amount paid In wages during
the year and the number OF months In active opera
ton, reducing part time 10 full time To ascertain
the materials used in the business, whatever II may
be. and Including mill supplies and fuel. the kinds
and quantities and their vaues 0Inittlng fractions OF
dollar, must be stated. There remains then, moth
Ing more on schedule four 10 answer but the inquiry
regarding production, including all jObbing and re-
paIrlng which must be reported in kinds and guam
Titles and in value, emitting fractions oil dollar,
substantially us in the case OF materials
SOCIAL STATISTICS.
Schedule i've IL devoted 10 social states and Is OF
great importance as showing the financial. moral
and progress Of the people. 1t begins by
nquirng OF the valuation OF real and personal estate
HOW Luey are Vdtucu anu t0elr NeNt
inquiry Is made OF the public debt. including the
county debt for which bonds have been issued, all
otner county debts, town. city, township, parish
civil or borough debt, for which bonds nave been
issued. and all other town. city, township. parish
(civi or borough debt. Third In order Is taxation
mot national, ana this includes State taxes
Of all kinds; county, OF all kinds, town and
other local taxes, with the Total amount OF
the whole. After these separate statements have
been made the principal kinds OF taxes included in
them must be Indicated The fourth inquiry in this
schedule relates TO pauperlsln, and the Information
to be given what was the whole number OF paupers
supported during the year, with the number OF
native and foreign birth; the whole number support
ing on diie ist OF Jmne Win the number OF native
OF support. Inquiry nve relates 10 crime, and re.
quires the whole number OF criminals convicted
during the year, and divided into native and foreign
the whole number in prison June l, 1870, divided
into native white, native black aud foreign
LIBRARIES NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS.
The sixth inquiry in this schedule Is devoted to
Libraries, Of which the kind and number Of volumes
must be stated These include State libraries, town
or city. libraries OF courts church libraries (pastorsl
Sabbath school Libraries, circulating tsubscrptiOnD
and private libraries including those OF lawyers and
AS. regards newspapers and periodicals.. which
comprises inquiry number eight, u Is necessary to
state their names and character now often they are
published, and their average circulation. Editors
who are In Inc habit OF claiming circulation
OF several Thousand more copies than their papers
actually possess are requested to be honest for
once in then lives AMI answer this inquiry truth
fully.
WAGES.
inquiry, IL must be stated what the average wages
to Iarm hands per month, hired 10y the year aud
Doarded average wages Of day laborer without
board, and the same with board; average pay
u carpenter per day without board; average wages
10 female domestic per week without board. and
average price or board to a laboring man per week:
the whole or course, to he gwen separately In dol
lars. t rf
COLLEGES. ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
The information required respecting VtT eJuCe-
t0hal Institutions can be readily gwen, involving
IL does but few inquiries, and these Of very siui-
pie order. IL Is necessary Lo stte the average
ber teachers male and female the average number
OF pupils Of each sex and the income for ths year
ending June l, 1870, for endowment, taxation,
public funds ard from other sources, Including
tuition. The Character rank or KIND OF the scnool
must be given under the following heads:-C Classl-
cal including universities, colleges and academies;
Professional including law, medicine, theology,
chronological, schools of mining, schools Of art and
music, commercial and military. The public
schools must be reported whether normal, iigti
grammar, graded common ungradcd common.
The private schools must be reported whether day
or boarding. To these educatiOpal institutions are
added Inquiries respecting parochial and charity
schools TRIs part OF schedule five appears to us
very full. Nothing rs lett undoDe towards obtaining
full and accurate information OF schools and II
the PERSONS called upon for such Information reply
fairly each inquiry vast amount of interesting 2
iacts win be gathered together on one oi ihc most
important OF subjects.
RELIGION.
Very little Is demanded under this head. The in
qurles are confined 10 the number OF CHURCH oigani-
cations, number OF church edhccs. thc denomina-
tons, the total number Of persons which the
churches or each denomination Will accommodate
and the value Of church property. At the time the
Census Dill was before Congress il was suggested
that each person be required 80 state what his re
giOus beef was or rather what religion no proIcs
sed. but the suggestion was rejected on the ground
Of IT'S pryng iniO the human conscience so that it
was finally decided 10 ignore the spiritual part of
religion ana counc bic inquiry 10 the material part
III the shape OF churches, thclr accommodation and
value
CONCLUSION
The foregoing aricie il compilation irom the
schedules 10 be used by The census takers 80 that
our readers may depend upon the accuracy Of IT'S
statements y reading IL over carefully every per.
son will be enabled to answer the inquiries without
delay and clearly and nteliigiby, thus avoiding the
risk OF line FOR refusing to give, or Tor giving raise
information, besides saving the takers much
annoyance and some profanity.