History of the New York Census. 



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Specimen numbers of every periodical printed in the 

 state were collected, bound in volumes and deposited in 

 the state library. The original returns filling 87 massive 

 volumes are also substantially bound and placed in the 

 state library. Duplicate copies of the returns of each 

 county were deposited in the office of the county clerk, 

 and by law were required to be bound for preservation. 



The printed results were stereotyped, and larger editions 

 were printed. In deciding upon the size of this volume, 

 it was intended that it should not exceed the average of 

 the volumes used for records in the offices where it would 

 be placed, and strict economy of space and arrangement 

 was studied throughout. The reader will nowhere find a 

 table folded, or turned to read the longer way on a page. 

 There are no waste pages or parts of pages where they 

 could be avoided, and there is a thorough index. Much 

 credit is due to the Hon. E. W. Leavenworth, then secre- 

 tary of state, for the laborious attention which he gave to 

 the details of the preliminary labors, including the selec- 

 tion and appointment of marshals, and the arrangement 

 of forms, and to his successor Mr. Headley, for the liberal 

 interest he took in securing the final publication in a 

 form worthy of the Empire state. 



The 8th federal census returned in 1860 was taken upon 

 blanks, and under instructions scarcely differing from 

 those of 1850, and the results are now in course of publica- 

 tion. 



The changes in the personal schedule from that of the 

 7th census, consist in the addition of columns for noting 

 the value of real and personal estates, and of children 

 whether attending school within the year. 



The blanks for slave inhabitants, statistics of mortality, 

 agriculture, products of industry, social statistics, colleges, 

 academies and schools, libraries, newspapers and periodi- 

 cals, religion and pauperism, are copies of those used in 1850. 



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