The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-06-07
His Excellency WI Instructs
His Countrymen in Re
gard to Enumera-
tors Visit.
NOT A TAXATION RUSE
Merely a Desire on the Part
of Uncle Sam to Discover
All His Relations.

| Mr.. John Weastell, Supervisor of the
Census, has received copies of an interest
| ing proclamation which the Chinese Min
| lister has issued to his countrymen, giving
| them instructions in relation to the CELL
| sus. The proclamation is in Chinese with
| a translation in English attached. 1t is as
| follows:-
Whereas, The Director of the Census
| Office of the Department of the Interior
| of the United States, in a letter to His Elk
cellency WI, His Imperial Chinese Ma
| jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary, requests that, since it mas
been the custom of the United States to
take a census of the population once IN
every ten years, many of which have been
taken and are on record, and since the
present year is the time for taking an
otherother such census, which is to in
clude the people OF every nationality re-
siding within the territory of inc United
States, and as the Chinese residents ef
this country, through possible ignorance
OF the English language, may mistake the
object of the enumerators to be that Of
ascertaining what the people possess and
its value, in order to impose taxes, or that
of investigating the certificates of regis
d
ly explaining the matter to the Chinese
people; and
Whereas, Instructions have been re-
ceived from His Excellency to the effect
that, the taking of census being merely
to ascertain the population of the country,
and having no connection in any way
with the imposing of taxes or the exami-
nation of certificates by the customs au-
thorities of the Treasury Department, and
for fear that our countrymen may not I'LL
derstand the purpose and make trouble
through mistaken notion of the whole
proceeding, the Consul General at San
Francisco and the Consul at New York
shall publish and make known to all Chin
ese residing in every part of the United
States that it is the custom of the United
States to take a census at stated inter-
walls, hat this r coceeding has no connee-
tion with the laying of taxes or the ex-
animation of certificates of residence,
that our countrymen have no cause for
suspicion or alarm but, as soon as the
enumerators present themselves, they
should answer the questions put to them
without evasion or reservation, in order
not to incur the penalty of the law.
NOW, therefore, we, Ho Vow, Ills I'M
perial Chinese Majesty's Consul-General
at the port of San Francisco, and Chow
Tszchi, His Imperial Majesty's Chinese
Consul at the port of New York, in pur-
suance of instructions as aforesaid, Go
hereby publish and make known, that i'll
asmuch as it is the custom of the United
States to take census of the population
therefore once in every ten years, and as
this proceeding has no connection what
ever with the laying of taxes or the exam
ination of certificates of residence, and as
all persons irrespective of nationality are
to be enumerated under the provisions of
the law, our ccuntrymen should not be
alarmed or cherish any suspicion, but, as
soon as the proper officers of the Census
Bureau present themselves with this Con-
sular proclamation, should answer all tne
questions put to them without evasion or
reservation, in order not to incur the pen
atty of the law
IA list of the questions to be answered is
hereby appended for the information of all
concerned
Population schedule. 2S questions; NOR.
tality schedule, IS questions; agriculture
schedule, 3S questions.
Dated Kwanghsu, 26th year, Sd moon
March, 1900, and sealed with our respect
i've seals of office.