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II. Agriculture, pp. 292. Published in 1864. Vol. III. Manufact- 

 ures, pp. 746. Published in 1865. Vol. IV. Mortality and Mis- 

 cellaneous Statistics, pp. 548. Published in 1866. 



The total cost of the eighth census was, in round numbers, 

 $2,000,000. 



1870. The results of the ninth census were embodied in three 

 quarto volumes, as follows : Vol. I. Population and Social Statis- 

 tics, pp. 875. Published in 1872. Vol. II. Vital Statistics, pp. 705. 

 Published in 1872. Vol. III. Statistics of Wealth and Industry, 

 pp. 849. Published in 1872. 



The cost of the ninth census, including printing, was $3,696,- 

 227.37. 



1880. The results of the tenth census made an encyclopedic 

 report of twenty-two quarto volumes and a compendium. 



The cost of the tenth census, including printing, was $5,862,- 

 750.24. 



The eleventh census, that for 1890, is being taken under the act 

 approved March 1, 1889, and comprehends all the features of the 

 tenth, with two great additions an account of the mortgage in- 

 debtedness on homes and farms, and an enumeration of the sur- 

 viving veterans of the war of the rebellion. The machinery of 

 the census is practically the same as that organized for the tenth. 

 The forces employed, however, are vastly greater, numerically 

 considered. The number of supervisors was increased to 175. 

 The whole body of enumerators constituted an army of 46,546. 

 The largest number of office employe's, not including special 

 agents, was on May 9, 1891, 3,142; and the number of special 

 agents, including special agents on manufactures in cities, was 

 1,938, or a total force June 1, 1891, exclusive of enumerators, of 

 5,080. The appropriations, up to July 1, 1891, have been $7,400,000. 

 To complete the work there will be required another and quite 

 large appropriation. The organization of the Census Office, Janu- 

 ary 1, 1891, comprehended twenty-five specific divisions, each 

 division being under the charge of a chief of division or an expert 

 special agent. These twenty-five divisions are charged with the 

 business features of the Census Office, and the collection and 

 tabulation of the facts relating to the subjects indicated in the 

 following list : 



First Division. Appointments. 



Second Division. Disbursements and Accounts. 



Third Division. Geography. 



Fourth Division. Population. 



Fifth Division. Vital Statistics. 



Sixth Division. Church Statistics. 



Seventh Division. Educational Statistics. 



Eighth Division. Pauperism and Crime. 



