THIS YEAR'S CENSUS.

Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 865, 26 January 1901, Page 4

THIS YEAR'S CENSUS.

Thk census of New Zealand will be S taken for the night of Sunday, .'list B March. In a preliminary notice, tiieg Registrar-General (Mr E. J. von Dadels . zen]i dwells on the value of the census ffl as the measuring-rod of a country's pro- g cress—the piven point from which tlu g growth of evil and of good tendencies is- Sj calculated, and social and material velopmcnt made manifest. He invite.- jg the intelligent co-operation of ad house- gi holders, and points out that failure top; comply with the requirements of tin M census ia punishable with a penalty oflEj £•2O. P The colony has been divided ir.tt m forty-two Enumerators' Districts, each gj consisting of a group of contiguous conn fij ties with their interior boroughs. The SB Enuincrators have divided their into sub-districts, for each of which »| BUb-euumerutor Ins been or ij to begj selected to distribute and collect tin $1 household schedules. There «iil bi about SoO sub-enumerators altogether. |3 . The particulars required by the Ac m respecting the people include—mme m sex, age, married or single, birthplace M length of residence in colony, religion, ggj occupation, education, whether British £j subject or alien, if suffering from sick-p ness, accident or infirmity. The dwell l| iogs are also to be described in respect Ejl of 'coins and material. ff Besides the information as to the popti *$ lation, special returns will be relating to all industries, manufactories,k|J or works in the colony, giving particular;Fa as to hands aod power employed, valuing of materials operated on, produce manufacture, value of land and buildiug-.p] machinery, and plant. Further, re-Era turns of places of worship, land aitc'ggj buildjiv/. society, literary and soientitjiiH institutions, etc., will also be eollectci Kj by enumerators from information sup-pj] plied by sub-enumerators. Is Preliminary statements' of the popula-f|9 tion in counties, boroughs, and torates, stating roughly the itsults, wiligp be made up the local Enumerators, butfej the fall compilation will be done in tlu§ja Kegistrar-Generai's olfice, at V7elling-KJ ton. Kj When the eAact number (jf the. peophjp-; in every division, of the colony has heenEg fixed, a certidcate of the same wdl btffi given to the Commissioners under tlulp Representation Act, with the particulars|g] for each of the vast number of srnalK'j blocks of territory before referred to, st|pj that new electorates may be defined on fg!| population basis. SB.* The information as to age. wha'.heilp married or single, le'igion, birthplaee,|3! occupation, etc., will be dealt with after &,j wards in a second compilation, \vhicbg| will be done by what is known as tin pi ** card system." the cauls being sortodE| by hand.-—Pott. M