UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



Debt, and Taxation includes in its inquiries the 

 valuation, taxation, and indebtedness of all mi- 

 nor civil divisions, with exhibits of receipts and 

 expenditures, assets and liabilities. National and 

 State finance embrace tables and texts concern- 

 ing the past and present financial condition of 

 every State and Territory, with exhibits explain- 

 ing fully the receipts and expenditures of public 

 moneys m every foreign country. A full history 

 of all national loans forms part of the general 

 work. The principal task of the division of 

 Farms, Homes, and Mortgages is to discover as 

 far as possible the financial transactions of the 

 people, as far as indicated by recorded mort- 

 gages, for the ten years from 1880 to 1889 the 

 number of acres of agricultural land, and the 

 number of real-estate holdings, by States and 

 minor civil divisions, which have been mortgaged 

 in each year ; and the amount of mortgage debt 

 placed upon these two classes of real estate by 

 years and by counties will be ascertained. The 

 amount of mortgage debt upon agricultural lands 

 and upon village and city real estate, with rates 



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of interest paid upon debt secured 



will be given for ca<.|, county. Ag 



special inquiry, will deal with ,. 



of meats, cotton, tobacco, and ih.- ,, , ,,l ,i 



oping uml,r th,s, | 1( , l( i s flir ||H . p M 7ten 



the results obtained in the ..-nth ,,.,, 



same may be ,i,l ,,| f,,,,,.. Irv . S,M..J| ; 



will be made on horticulture, vi.i,ul,ur,, 



tion, the production of sugar, and tin- peciKr 



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South Ihe division of Manufoctum i-. to cover 

 the whole ground including su.-h >p,,,,,l.i,-s u< 

 distilled spirits, electrical appliance*. .,rini,n K 

 publishing, and the perio<li,,,| pnw .M in.-s ,! 

 Mining, as a special inquiry, take in all miiM-nd 

 resources, treating each subject moreexhai^tivlv 

 than has ever been attempted. The divisions 

 under the headings of Fish ami Fish.-rii-s, Trans- 

 portation, and Insurance have i-ad, j n charge a 

 mil investigation into these respective sublets 

 Special Classes will be reported on in tables and 

 texts giving all particulars as to the insane 

 feeble-minded, deaf, blind, and sick. Statistic? 



