Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-28
The Tenth Census.

Will IeiuiiC aAS u'b'o'N VA
an army of energetic men, selected
with special reference for capability,
to perform all that is required by
the law is so short a period OF time.
The Supervisor for this district is
DR.. Sparkling Of Seattle. He has di-
vided the Territory into suitable sub
divisions, appointed his ennmera-
tors, distributed the psescribed
blanks, and everything is in readi-
ness for active operations next Tues
dav morning, when the work be-
gins simultaneously throughout the
limits of our Government.
There are four blanks which each
enumerator will use, except in the
strictly agricultural districts. Sched-
ule No l is for population alone,
and the questions to be asked and
answers written relate to the names
of streets, number of the dwelling
houses, number in order OF vista
ton, name of each person in the
house on June l, 1880; the color,
white, black, mulatto, Chinaman or
Indian; age on last birthday, and if
in months, the fractions of the year,
if born within the year; relationship
of each person ill the house to the
head of the family; whether wife,
son, daughter, servant or boarder;
whether single, married, widowed or
divorced; occupation or trade of
each person; male or female; mum.
Der of months each person has been
employed from June l, 1879, TO
June l, 1880; if persons are sick,
whether temporary, blind, deaf,
idiotic, insane, married, crippled or
bed-ridden; what caused the sick
ness, and where the illness or disa-
bility was contracted; whether the
person can read or write; place of
birth, what State or Territory or
foreign country, with place of birth
of both father and mother.
Schedule Number 2 is marked ag-
riculture, aud relates to the farm,
the number of persons who conduct
it; the number of acres OF land TILED,
including fallcw, grass and rotative
crop, pasture or meadow, orchards,
vineyards, woodland, forests. old
fields and growing wood; the value
of the farm including land, fences
and buildings, fam implements and
machinery ana live stock; cost of
building and repairing fences, and
cost of fertilizers purchased during
1879; amount paid for wages for
labor in 1879, including housework;
estimated value of all farm produc-
tons sold, consumed or on hand in
1879; acreage Of grass lands, mown
or rot mown, hay, clover and grass
seed; number of horses of all kinds;
mules, asses and neat cattle, and
their products, also sheep, swine
and poultry on hant! June /.
Schedule 10 for manufactures.
The enumerntor must ascertain the
name of the corporation, company
or individual doing a business over
$500 per year; name Of the business,
manufacture or projections, CAPT
tai invested ia the business; average
number of hands employed; hours
OF labor; wages paid; average days
wages: number Of months during
the year in operation; value of ma
terial and products; what power is
used, whether water, steam or horse
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the river or stream and the number
OF feet fell; if steam, the number of
engines and boilers in use.
The mortality schedule, which is
numbered 4, must exhibitthe names
OF persons who died in the census
year. personal description, age on
last birthday; sex, color-white,
black, mulatto, Chinese or Indian:
married, single widow or divorced;
cause of death, name of physician
who attended deceased, and where
the disease causing death was con-
tracted.
This includes but a part of the
questions asked, the answers to
which must be written on the blanks.
Those who imagine enumerating to
be easy will b. undeceived when the
work begins. Each enumsrator is
sequired, Immediately after COM