The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-01
Many People Doubt Sincerity Of
Government and May Make
Effort to Evade the
Official Count
START WORK TOMORROW NIGHT
Fifth Imperial census Throughout
United Kingdom Should Show
Much Greater Population
e6,2e4, 152 in 1901.

London, April 1.-The British En-
plre is undergoing the process of hav-
ing it's population enumerated by the
government. Tomorrow night has been
appointed for the head of every house
In the United Kingdom to fill in the
census returns, accounting for every
soul under his roof. Institutions and
establishments holding more than 100
inmates, including prisons and asy-
lums, are specially enumerated, while
the war office and admiralty are re-
sponsible for furnishing the statistics
concerning the army and navy respec-
lively.
The census this year is the fifth i'm
perial census and the twelfth that has
been taken of the United Kingdom in
decennial periods. The 1901 census
showed the population of the empire
to be 396,294,152, II substantial growth
from 1891.
Many Seek To Evade Count.
BY no means all the people have been
included in any of the four decennial
censuses, for Il has been found i'm
possible TO convince everyone that the
enumeration is not the prelude to a
new tax. In India the country is par
ticularly difficult. for three questions Of
caste mysteriously obtrude. on the oc-
casion of the last census it was said
that hundreds Of thousands of Mussul-
mans and Hndus hid themselves in
the forest all night rather than be
counted. No doubt similar difficulties
win again present IN 'mselve5. and
since the census does not permit of any
guesswork, the population of the en-
pire will go into the official records
several hundred thousand under its
full strength.
Canada Will Assist.
The work in Canada is, of course,
under the supervision of the Dominion
Government, which pays its army of
enumerators 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 Brit
ish Columbia. 1t Is thought the re-
suits will be ready for publication.
however by the middle of summer.
The census figures for the Dominion
are awaited with especial interest, for
II is believed that Canada will show
by far the greatest proportional in
crease Of any part of the empire.
How Work Is Organized.
In the British Isles the task of taxi
ing the census falls to the Local Gov
ernment Board. The registrar gen.
eral. for carrying out the work, has an
army of superintendent registrars and
enumerators. To encourage the choice
of the best enumerators bonus is Of
fered to registrars who exercise care
in selection and supervision. Women
are eligible equally with men. but pre-
ference is given to the officials of the
various local authorities. civil servants,
or pensioned police officers.
This week the schedules were left AT
every house by the enumerators in
their respective districts and will be
examination and revision by the local
registrars, are transmitted to the CEN
sus Office at Mllbank. The whole OF
the schedules will be in the custody OF
the census office staff on May 1, and
a week later all other documents will
be safely housed at Millbank. and the
work of preparing the preliminary re-
port begun.
Many Special Aids.
Special steps have been taken to
make the enumerator's task as easy as
possible this year. The Jewish au-
thorities. for instance. have circular
ized their members. and in the public
elementary schools the teachers have
given lessons on the census and the
filling Of the schedules
This years schedule differs in some
material particulars from that hither-
10 used. There are changes in the COL
umns set apart for particulars as e
marriage, and in the occupation col
umnS lDlOIIldtitu 10 Ttquiitu dS W tHs
industry with which the occupation !:
allied.
Women SoreIy Troubled.
The question OF age is one of the
most delicate and troublesome points
IN regard to the taking of the census
Women who are no longer very younl
and not yet very old have a traditional
and unconquerable objection to sayinl
exactly how old they are. One curl
Gus result is that the number of womer
who return themselves as aged from
90 to % exceeds at every census the
number OF girls returned as from II
TO is at the previous census. A certain
number OF women householders though
deferred by fear OF a fine from abso-
luteiy refusing information, adopt the
expedient Of sending their answers b,