The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-07
TIE CITY CENSUS.
The Work Almost Done-The Index ed
Books Mt the Station-Houses.

The Second and Third police districts
completed their census work some davs
ago. and The First will probably conclude
tleirs to-day. The effort has been made
TO have a thorough and complete cnumeT-
alton OF the inhabitants of the city.
and when the census j. complete the most
careful scrutiny that can be made will be
invited.
The census boundaries Of the districts
are as follows:
First district. all east Of line drawn
through the middle Of Fourteenth street.
Station-housc. Old Market.
Second district. from middle Of Four
ieenth street 10 middle of Second street.
Station-hOuse. Second Market.
Third district. all west Of middle Of Sec
ond street. Station-house, Brook ayeppe.
THE INDExED BOOK.
The names Of inhabitants. with their
ages, places Of residence, &c.-as taken by
the enumerat0rs, are haudcd over 20 a
sergeant at each siatiOn-hOuse nightly, and
are 10y him copied into a Wcll-bound in
deXed book.
The name of each householder is placed
on It's properly-leuered page.
II you want TO find il the people on the,
place Of John smith. No. west Broad. are
properly taken, all you viii have 20 DO is
to 20 10 the Third staii0n-house. and with
the sergeant look on the indeXed book un-
der the letter :. and YOU will find smith,
name. and along with IL the name of bis
wife. children. servants. g..
ODD PEOPLE.
It i lot possible 10 get al the names.
The ignorance 81 some hOusehoiders j.
astonishing. one lady gave an enumeTat0r
the names Of all msles; the females she
said nothing about. Another lady said
that under the advice II q gentleman living
in the house ",he refused 20 give any in
formation" Dozens Of householder, did
not know the number. and hundreds did
not know the names OF negroes residing on
their premises.
LADIES.
Beautiful as the Richmond women GER
ainly are. they have bad memories for
birthdays. In numerous cases they could
not tell whether their next birthday would
De the 18th or 35th. one navely said. D."
have never told my h',-band NV age yet.
and ! certainly am NOT going 10 tell 10 10
stranger" Another wanted 10 know.
3. Are YOU going % publish it, Being
assured that he was not. she said size was
twenty. lie knew that ,hc was Ihir;y-hye;
but twenty went down ON the sheet.
No scrutiny of ladies ages o. they ap-
pear on the indeXcd book, VIII be permit
ted under any preience whatsoever.
TIE RESULT.
Tie exact result cannot be known till to-
dav or Monday. II viii probably be
.atisiactory-at least more satisfactory than
resting under The imputation or comDuta-
ton Of 63.6o0 given us by the United States
census as u 1850. which seemed 20 Us all
bad enough for tlat wear. bat was ntolera-
DE Tor lsS3-three Years afterwards.
In population Ike ours, where 80 much
of il /, .' fioaiing.' il ought 10 be- alloWa-
bic 70 add on percentage for people not
found. but this. OF course. the police have
not done. They have put down the truth,
the whole truth. and nothing but the truth.
in thi, matter. o. in al other matters. ac-
cCrding 20 the obligation Oi their official
0ath~.
Tie only short coming of their reports
Is the unavoidable one tat every inhabi-
taut could not hc found. Enough. how
ever. have been found TO advance Us in the
rank Of cities.
SEVENTY THOUSAND.
The officers Of he First district took
1,770 names YESTERDAY, and the totals now
are:
First district. -. :
second strlct.-.........-- 90 o
Grand dtoial....................... 71.ls0
The probability i, that the population
will 20 considerably over 1000.
All persons who have reason 70 suspect
that tbeir premises have been overlooked
or that mistakes have been made a> 10 them
would he doing a patriotic duty IN report
ing the same 90 tie police to-day. In many
instances householder, furnished the o.
ficers with lists % inmates. and il bas been
proved I'm several cases that they omitted
The namcs of negroes living upon their
premises. The officers Of the First di,-
t-ict-and Il NAV have been 80 q, % other
Districts have deemed It their duty 20 90
% the house, and verify such Isis. and
have been well repaid FOR their care IN
errors found and corrected.
The police have done this work faith
fully. When it is over The public VIII
have the satisfaction ~ knowing That it is
the most correct census ever taken OF
Richmond. and the records viii Doe yalu1-
. Die for reference. The withdrawal from
the regular duties 0f those officers detailed
as enumerat1rs ha> imposed extra WORK
upon the others. and as the iabor- oi ihi,
service have been distributed among the
4 whole force 80 should the honor, De.
Briefs and Personals.