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cENsus rAKlNG ABROAD.

The numbering of the people is an
ancient custom. Moses numbered the
Israelites in the wilderness, and, in
later times, Joshua and David followed
his example. China had a census enum-
Grafton 2, O42 years before the Christian
era, and IN Japan an enumeration
was made more thar 1900 years age. A
census of Athens was taken in Solon's
time, and the sixth king of Rome, Ser
vius Tillius, ordered a census and re-
quired every citizen to appear on the
field of Mars and declare under oath his
NAME, residence, names of children and
the value of his property. In the six
teenth century the church began to re-
cord births, marriages and deaths,
and from this practice grad
ually grew up the modern census.
Russia took the lead in organized
census taking on the modern plan in
100 and now has a system similar to
that in vogue in this country. Prus-
sian enumerations were begun under
Frederick William /. Austria first took
a census in 1854 and row has n taken
each sixth year. From 1886 to 1857 the
clergy Of Sweden were required to keep
a record of births, deaths and marriages.
Then a statistical bureau was formed.
f, Norway has a decennial census; Spain
an irregular enumeration system. Den
mark, Switzerland, Belgium, the Meth
erlands, Italy, have adopted a decen-
NAL plan. In France a census is taken
every fifth year. Portugal has never
had but one census and that extended
only to the population. Turkey takes
an occasional census for conscript or
taxation purposes. Greece cunts UP
--1-.1- ao-c,e ln,-- ~ Iop Gown
times yearly and then biennially. Bra
zil adopted a census system in 1872, the
Argentine Republic in 1869, Columbia in
1870 and Egypt in 1862.
THE BRITISH CENSUS.
The first real effort to record the pop
ulation Of Great Britain was made il
1901, but no definite system was EN-
ployed until 1851. The first imperia
census was taken in 1871. This first at
tempted complete enumeration of the
population of the British empire wa
made in one day, April 3, 1871. Thu
returns showed a population of 234, 1872,
593. The work was done by 80, 81
enumerators employed under 2,195 reg
istrars and GIG superintendent. Tn
country MAS divided into minute dis
tricts and every means taken througl
the press and special publications to az
prise the people of what was wanted an
instructing them how to facilitate tn
work. Every separate householder re
eived a schedule which he was require
to fill out, recording the name, age
occupation, rank, profession, relation t
head of family and birthplace of ever
person who abode in the house on tn
night of April 3, the date of the census
There were 6, 500, 900 of these schedules
weighing forty-one tons, yet SO thoi
oughly systematized were the arrange
ments for the work that the compile
!. census was laid before parliament o
! June 20, eleven weeks after the day fe
= collecting the schedules.
II CENSUS IN THE UNITED STATES.
/ Census work began with US with tn
r beginning OF this government.
, order to secure e proper appointment
representatives in the lower house
congress a census is taken every ten
e e At the first it was nothing MOI
+ than an enumeration of the peopl
a Classifying slave and free. Addition
and improvements were made until tt
i schedules of 1880 comprised question
as to name, age, sex conjugal conditio,
: place of birth, and the place of birth
father and mother. To these we
added particulars as to schools, libra
les, newspapers, churches. disease ~
9 morality, pauperism.and crime, schos
{ military and citizenship ages; areas
Z. farms, families, and dwellings,; t
Is. blind, deaf and dumb, insane and il
|. l'otic; occupations Of the people, wealt
!; taxation ard public Indebtedness, q
81 the amount aud value OF the produe
of agriculture and manufactures. T