The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-03
ENGLAND COUNTS
HER PEOPLE NOW
Head of Every House in the
United Kingdom to Re-
port Sunday Evening.
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fAmeTiCan News SefNlcfD
London, April 3.--The British En-.
pire is undergoing the process OF hav-
ing its population enumerated by the
government. Tomorrow night has
been appointed for the head of every
house In the United Kingdom TO fiji
in the census returns, accounting for
every soul under his roof. Institu
lions and establishments holding
more than 100 inmates, including pris-
ons and asylums are specially "num-
Grated. while the war office and add
mralty are responsible for furnishing
the statistics concerning the army and
navy respectively,
The census this year is the fifth
imperial census and the twelfth that
has been taken OF the United King.
dom in dcCcnnial periods. The 1901
census showed the population of the
empire to be 396,29i,lJ2, substan.
tial growth from 1891.
by no means all the people nave
been included in any of the four de-
ccnnial ccnsusscs, for it has been
found Impossible to convince every
one that the enumeration Is not tn"
prelude to "A new tax. In India the
country is particularly difficult, for
there questions of caste myatcriously
obtrudc On the occasion of the last
census it was said that hundreds Of
thousands of Mussclmans and ilindus
hid themselves in The forest all night
rather than be counted. No doubt
themselves, and since the census does
not permit of any guesswork, the pop
ulation of the empire will go into the
official records several hundred thous-
and under its full strength.
The work in Canada, is of course,
under the supervision Of the Domn-
ion government, which pays its army
of onumerators a small sum for every
name collected. 1t will occupy about
one month To complete the count in
Canada. except in some of the more
difficult districts Of the West and
British Columbia. II is thought the
results will he ready for publication
however. by the middle of summer.
The census figures for the Dominion
are awaited with especial interest. for
IL is beloved that Canada will show by
far the greatest proportional increase
In population of any part of the en-
pirc.
Where Task Falls.
In the British Isles the task of tax
ing the census falls To the Local Gov
crnmen, Board. The registrar gcncr-
al, for carrying out the work, has an
army of superintendent registrars and
cnumerators. TO encourage the choice
of the best enumerators Il bonus is
offered to registrars who exercise
care i'm selection and supervision. Wo-
men are eligible equally with men.
but preference is given To the officials
Of the various local authorities. civil
servants. or pcnsioncd police officers.
This week the schedules were left
ut every house by the cnumCrators in
their respective districts and will be
collected Monday. The returns. after
examination and revision by the local
registrars, are transmitted 10 the cen.
sus office at Mllbauk. The whole os
the schedules will be in the custody of
the census office staff on May |, and
week later all other documents will
be safely housed AT MilIbank. and tho
work oi preparing the preliminary re-
port begun.
Special steps have been taken TO
make the cnumcrators task as easy
rs possible this year. The Jewish
authorities. for instance. have Circu-
larized their members, and in the pub
lie elementary schools the teachers
have given lessons on the census and
the filling up of schedules.
This years schedule differs in some
material particulars from that hithcr-
To used. There are changes in the
columns set apart for aprticuiars of