The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-05-26
Established 1925.
THE NINTH CENSUS.


THE NINTH CENSUS.
The Government Il making pre-.
parations for, the taking Of the
ninth census of the United
States. The primary object Of
this grand eaamefstion IS to- ar.
range the apponfonment reptesen.
tRtion in Congressapd the Electorl
al College, but It is also very prop
erly made general SO ds 10 ciye
valuable andnecessary information
In regard to commerce. 1nandfscl
lures, education and religious in,
stitntiops, aud the general resour-
ces and progress ofthe country
Schedules are Issued on whichfhe
following items are to be noted ,
First--AlI the dwelling houses
in the district, all the families,
name OF every inndbitant, age, sex,
color. trade. occupation. or profess
sion or each male person over fll-
teen years, value Of real estate own
ed, place Of birth OF each inhabit
ant, marriages within the preceding
year, number Of persons who have
attended school, persons over
twenty years of age whoscan read
and write, the deaf and dumb,
blind, insane, idiotic, paupers and
and convicts.
Third-Number ofacres Of land
improved and unimproFed, with
the name Of the owner, agent or
manager, live stock on hand of the
different kinds, produce Of the farm
of every kind during the year pre-
ceding the 1st of June, 1870.
Fourth-Products Of industry Of
every kind with name Of manufac-
ture producing articles in each
year of the value of $500, name
and kind Of business, capital in
vested, raw material used, with
statement of quantities, kinds and
values, kinds Of motive power and
machinery, average number of
hands employed, wages paid, DC.
Fifth-Aggregate valuation Of
real and personal estate, aggregate
Of taxes assessed, colleges, acade-
mics, schools, schoolhouses, &c.
public libraries, periodicals, news-
papers, how often published, num-
Der Of circulation. Has the season
produced average crops? What
crops are short2 To what extent
and the average crop per year. Az
erage wages of farm hands, of day
laborers, with board; of carpenters,
female domestics; price Of board
for laboring men per week; num-
Der Of churches, Of persons each
will accommodate; value ofchurch
property, with statistics relating to
paupers and conyicts. -
Sixth-Number, Of deaths dur
ing the preceding year, with age,
sex, color, domestic condition,
place of birth and occupation of
deceased, together with the time
and cause OF death.
The law provided as No. 2 in the
above list of schedules certain
facts concerning the number of
slaves and slaye-holders, in the
country. 1t is one of the way
marks ofmoral and social progress
which distinguishes 1860, the ini-
tial year of the past decade, from
1870, the initial year of the present
one, that not slave holder, nor a
slave exists in all the land!
Let the business men of the
country help the census takers all
they can, SO that the figures of the
census reports may afford an ade-
quate and truthful idea of the bu-
siness and resources Of the coun-
try. Much depends ON having
competent, pjnstaking and cner-
getic men to collect and return the
| facts of the census. The represen-
tation of State is affected as the
census may be well or i'll taken
The reputation of cities is at stake
somewhat, as the figures made
show the progress or decline OF
business and population. All can
see how important matter the ta-
king of the census is, and how ne
cessary it is to see that none but
capable men are employed in it,
Toledo Blade.