The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-17
AUSTRALIANS NPARIUREkAUNNADYF FOR CENSUS{
ENUMERATORs ALL APPOINTED
THERE.
Who They Are and What They Will Do
-Girvin Goes to Hawaii Next-some
Census Methods.

Special Agent of the Census, James
w. Girvin, returned from Kauai Sum
day morning, having completed all ar
rangements for taking the census on
that island.
AS is required by the law. the politi-
cal divisions of the island are observed
in taking the census, hence there are
FIVE census districts in Kauai. The
agents of the census bureau have all
been appointed for Kauai, have receiv-
ed their Instructions and been sworn
in, and their commissions will be for
warded during the week.
In each district a principal agent has
been appointed with a sufficient num-
Der of assistants to complete the work
within the time limited. The agents
for the several districts of Kauai are:
Hanalei, w. e. H. Deverill, George
Kellett, Joseph Mahaiula, and Hiram
Anahu; for Hawaiian, f. K. Deverill
and J. H. Kawelu; for Lihue, Charles
A. Rice, David Kapahee, S. K. Kaeo
and j. H. S. Kaiwi; for Koloa, Dr.
Philip Waughop and James Kula; for
Waimea, Hugh NJ. Coke, H. Fl. Brodie
w. j. Sheldon and j. D. Cook
These agents will not only make the
enumeration of the people of their re-
spective disticts, which includes COM
plete information of age, sex, race, ma
tionality, citizenship, domestic Tela-
ship of home or otherwise, but will also
gather the statistics of fisheries, schools
and churches, and agriculture, other
than sugar
Mr.. Girvin says he found great deal
of Interest," manifested in the census
taking, and an earnest desire among
the plantation managers and others 10
give assistance to the end that a thor
ough and accurate census might be Sc
cured. In a number of cases planta-
ton managers consented to allowing
their timekeepers or other capable en-
ployes to be engaged for the work, re-
leasing them from their regular duties
for the period covering the census talk
ing, which begins June l next. Manager
Ewart of Kilauea, and Manager Fair
child of the Makee Sugar Company,
were especially helpful in this respect.
Mr.. Girvin goes tomorrow to Kohala
to arrange for the work there, thence
to Waimea and through Hamakua to
Hilo, and thence to Olaa and Kau.
| From there he will take the steamer to
| the Konas, and go from there to Maui.
! arranging on Maui for the census of
! Lanai and Molokai as we'll He expects
| to be back about May 15 1t will then
| be sSithin two weeks of the time for
/ the beginning of the census taking
When the enumeration sheets are fin
! ished here, they will be sent to Wash
/
done. For this purpose the census bu-
reau has 800 machines of a very ingeu-
! ious character, something on the prin-
! ciple of a typewriter. The information
| in regard to each individual is taken off
| the enumeration sheets on to card. SO
arranged that a series OF holes punched
/ in the cards tabulates the information
Another machine sorts and arranges
these cards, and If the hole cOrrespon-
ding to any particular fact called for
by the enumerating sheets has not beer
punched, the machine throws it out. II
the error is that of the operator of the
first machine, that operator has to hunt
up the sheet and correct the error. II
the error is that of the enumerator In
failing to fill the informatio, the sheet
| is sent back to the enumerator for com
pletion. Thus there is an absolute me-
chanical check against neglect on the
part of the enumerator to fill in every
space with the information called for