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UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



of all kinds having reference to Alaska are being 

 prepared. In the report will be included a full 

 statement of present resources and probable fut- 

 ure of that Territory, based on observation 

 by several special agents. The present condi- 

 tion of the Indians on reservation and elsewhere, 

 will be the subject of a separate report compiled 

 from numerous authentic statements handed in 

 by persons authorized to make investigations in 

 every section of the country. One of the most 

 interesting investigations now being carried on 

 is in the division of Social Statistics of Cities. 

 It will include altitude, cemeteries, drainage, fire 

 departments, government, licenses, parks, police, 

 public buildings, streets, street lighting, and 

 water works. The intention is to deal with 

 cities having a population of 10,000 or more. 



The results of the eleventh census will be 

 printed in 13 volumes. The first volume will 

 give all data as to population by States, counties, 

 and towns, nativity, color, etc. ; Vol. II, health 

 and physical conditions, vital and morality sta- 

 tistics; Vol. Ill, public schools, illiteracy, pau- 

 perism and crime, and churches and religious 

 denominations ; Vol. IV, trades and professions ; 

 Vol. V, survivors of the late war; Vol. VI, 

 wealth, taxation, public indebtedness, estimated 

 values of property; Vol. VII, indebtedness of 

 business corporations and individuals, including 

 mortgage indebtedness ; Vol. VIII, agricultural 

 statistics; Vol. IX, manufactures; Vol. X, mines 

 and mining ; Vol. XI. fish and fisheries ; Vol. 

 XII, transportation, railways, navigation, tele- 

 graphs, and telephones; Vol. XIII, insurance. 

 A large number of bulletins have already been 

 issued, giving results ascertained from various 

 official sources through the instrumentality of 

 special agents in charge of the several divisions. 

 By means of these bulletins the public, through 

 the press and other agencies, are kept informed 

 as to the progress of the investigations. 



Robert P. Porter, who was special agent in 

 charge of the statistics of wealth, debt, and 

 taxation in the Tenth Census, is Superintendent 

 of the Eleventh Census. Albert F. Childs is 

 chief clerk. The official staff consists, in addi- 

 tion to the superintendent, chief clerk, and 

 stenographers, of 1 disbursing clerk, special 

 agents, and 10 chiefs of division. The act of 

 1889 provided for the appointment of a superin- 

 tendent of census at an annual salary of $6,000 ; 

 a chief clerk and a disbursing clerk at $2,500 ; 

 2 stenographers and 10 chiefs of division at 

 $2,000 ; 10 clerks of class four, 20 clerks of class 

 three, 30 clerks of class two, " with such number 

 of clerks of class one. and of clerks, copyists, and 

 computers, at salaries of not less than $720 nor 

 more than $1.000 per annum, as may be found 

 necessary for the proper and prompt compilation 

 of the results of the enumeration of the census 

 herein provided to be taken." The actual rat- 

 ings for those employed in clerical and statistical 

 work in the Census Office are : Skilled laborers, 

 $000; computers. $720; copyists, $900; clerks, 

 $1,000: clerks of class one, $1,200: of class two, 

 $1,400; of class three, $1,600; of class four, 

 $1,800. The pay of special agents is from $2 to 

 $6 a day, with or*wil hout subsistence and travel- 

 ing allowances, according to circumstances. The 

 disbursing clerk gives bonds to the Treasurer of 

 the United States in the sum of $50,000. 



* In 1860. Census figures for 1850 not available, 

 t In 1880. Census figures for 1870 not available. 



