The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-20
WE MUST TELL
Our Uncle Samuel Is
After Facts.
The Census Taklng--Questions to be
Answered. Quarantine Inter-
feres- Hard at Work.

are pretty well tied up Just at pres
ent by the quarantine" said James
w. Girvin yesterday. I'VE are, on
that account, doing great amount of
work by mail and receiving answers
testifying to the willingness of CORE
spondents to give us all assistance in
their power. We first addressed the
sugar planters, sending them a sample
lschedule, which they will have to fill
by next June in answering the census
Questions. Letters were then sent to
the leading men of the different dis
tricts, and their cooperation in the
work of the demonstrating was read
lily secured.
"Mr. Merriam, chief OF the Census
Bureau, has been very kind in render
ing us all necessary aid in our difficult
ty. Twice lately we have written en-
lcouraging letters to him of the situa-
ton; but we seem now to be as much
tied up as ever again. Our mall, by
arrangement with the Government, is
all franked. In our letters of inquiry
we enclose a franked envelope for re-
ply"
Although hampered as regards out
side work, the office of the local cen
sus-takers is busy place. There are
six sets of blanks to be labeled and
numbered, and as the subdivisions of
the districts are many, the work is
very tedious, and must be very care
fully done to avoid mistakes.
What Uncle Sam Asks.
Our Uncle Samuel is an inquisitive
old fellow and wants to know many
things that he don't care to have ev-
erybody know about. His questions
are numerous and some Of them very
pointed; as, for instance, in the popu-
lation blank known as Schedule No. /,
some of the inquiries made are as fol-
lows: Name of each person, whose
place of abode was in the family of
each person to head of the family?
Their race and sex; month and year of
birth; age at last birthday; whether
single, married, widowed or divorced;
mother OF how many children; how
many years married; number of chill
dren living; place of birth; place of
birth of mother; place of birth of faith;
err; year of immigration to Hawaiian
| Islands; number of years in Hawaiian
Islands; naturalized or denizen; occu-
patton, trade or profession OF each
person over ten years of age; time not
employed during year; attend school;
can person read; can person write;,
can person speak English; can person
speak Hawaiian; do you own your own
home or rent it.; is it free or mort
gagged; Is 1t homestead lot or kule-
ana or house?
These questions will satisfy the CEN,
lsus man and must be answered.
Schedule No. is of the schools. 1t
calls for the name and location OF the
institution; Government or independ-
ent; day or boarding school; cost OF
buildings; rent of school buildings per
year; number of male and female
teachers number of pupils male and
female; their nationalities; average
daily attendance; number of days
school was taught during year ending
June /, 19OO how the school is sup
ported?
| Schedule No. 3 is of the churches
The name, location and denomination
are asked; number of communicates
with their sex; the value of the church
property and how it Is supported?
Schedule No. Is of the fisheries. The
name of the firm or individual owning
the right. Number of persons en-
gagged in taking fish in the right and
their nationality; manner OF taxing
the fish; number of canoes or vessels
fused; amount of wages paid during the
year ending June i, 1900; value OF
catch of fish during the same time?
Schedule No. 5, concerning agricul-
Questions for Plantations.
lture. and Schedule No. 6, about sugar
cultivation, are about the same. These
blanks bear note to the effect that
all information reported to the census
office will not be used as basis OF
taxation, but will in all cases be treat
ed as strictly confidential. Informa-
ton desired is: The name OF person,
firm association or corporation con-
lducting farm or plantation; nationality
of the occupant of the farm; nationali-
ty of the manager of the plantation;
acres of land in the plantation or
farm; character of land; rented from
Government or private persons; ex-
penditures of plantation during the
year 1899; object for which expendit-
lures were made; total value OF piah-
tation, including that OF buildings,
land and improvements, on all owned
and leased land; value of machinery;
value of railroad tracks, locomotives
ana Nuluc vi ihhPiSAsNss
machinery used for the cultivation or
the soil; number of acres of cane land
Lying fallow in 1899; quantity OF
water used for irrigating during 1888;
class of cane grown, whether plant
cane or ration cane, with the NUMBER
of acres of each grown; the acreage If
rigated; tons of cane produced; tons
of sugar produced; gallons of molasses
produced; value of sugar and moiasses'
employees and wages in 1899. giving ma
, tionality of workmen, average NUMBER
and average annual wage? -,
These questions are not all that Will
have TO be answered by the people OF
these Islands, but are the more impor
tant ones as CLEANED from the sched-
Jules that are to be filled in and trans
mitted to Washington as soon aItef
the list day of June, this year, as pos
sible.
naafb of Mrs r. O. Spaldiug