The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-01
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.

Mr.. Porter Submits Report Showing the
Comprehensive Scope OF the Work.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Aug 3l.-Superintendent
Porter, of the Census Bureau, to-day SUBJ
mitted to the Secretary of the Interior re-
port of the operations of that Office to the
close Of the fiscal year ending June 30 last.
or for period of two months and ten
days. from April 20 last. the date on which
Mr. Porter assumed the duties of his Office.
until July !. Tho report shows the ap-
pointments so far rs made in his Office
and the preliminary work already
accomplished toward taking the eleventh
census, and of the expenditures OF the
office upon the close OF the last fiscal year.
The pay-rolls of the office for April show
an expenditure Of SS02; for May, &, ,36S, and
for June last, s4,34l. OF the work already
accomplished. and AS indicating the scope
of the inquiry under the eleventh census,
Superintendent Porter says the force of the
bureau has so far been engaged IN prepar-
ing for the enumeration next June, and
sending out the preliminary schedules
aos aor ths fos The in DeSa Sapnns ing
vestigations provided for by law;
in collecting certain classes of sta
tistics for the census year, and for the
calender year; in preparations 10 obtain for
the census STATISTICAL Oata now aNallaDlo
from various sources; and in preparing the
preliminary schedule to secure data for tho
census year. which begins June 1. 1850. and
for the several intervening years since 1850.
This has added TO the correspondence OF the
Office and many conferences have been had
with specialists In some cases 1t was nee
essary to- send out preliminary schedules,
as, for example, to postmasters. with the re-
quest, that the names be furnished OF the
physicians and insurance companies receiy-
a
has been done with view 10 enable the
office 10 prepare lists Of physicians and
of insurance companies to receive the CEN
sus schedules. The returns heretofore made
by the enumerators IN regard TO births and
deaths have been very inadequate. and the
only check as to their correctness Will be
lists of the deaths which have come under
the physicians immediate knowledge dur
ing the census year, secured directly from
them. Besides the inquiries made under
the last census an additional specIalinquiry
will be made under the eleventh census
relating to the statistics of the recorded
indebtedness of private corporations and
individuals Mr.. Porter says that In the
preparation of the branch of the work re-
lating to special subjects il has been Sound
necessary To consult with experts in differ
eut parts of the country who have Made
lifetime studies of these subjects. liz has
been decided to collect statistics relating
10 the public Indebtedness OF the United
States for each of the years Intervening be-
tween 1850 and 1890, and the schedules for
this purpose are nearly ready.
Statistics will be collected for the date
June i, 1850. of fish and fisheries. of mines
and mining of express and insurance COM
panies, for the calender year ending Dec.
81, 1880 For comparative purposes efforts
are now being made TO secure. through the
cooperation of the State Department, valu-
able reports OF other countries on vital sta
tistics, municipal. finance and other sub
lecfs