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on farm," whether their main employment is the working or tending 

 of horses; or the tending or management of cattle; or whether their 

 work on the farm is of a general character and does not permit of the 

 distinction just suggested being drawn, in which case either the term 

 "farm servant" or "agricultural labourer" should be used. 



Where a term of local use is employed in filling up the Schedule, 

 explanatory words of a simple and general character must be added to 

 make it clear to which of the above groups the person using it belongs. 

 Thus "hinds" should describe themselves as "hind (farm bailiff)"; 

 "hind (farm foreman) "; "hind (in charge of horses) "; "hind (ordinary 

 agricultural labourer)" according to the meaning of the term " hind " 

 in the particular locality. 



It is particularly important that the directions of instruction No. 8 

 on the Census Schedule should be followed, and where specific names 

 such as "waggoner," "carter," " horsekeeper," "teamster," or 

 " cattleman " are employed, they should be invariably followed by the 

 words "on farm." Especially must care be taken not to use the .term 

 "labourer" alone, without the qualification farm labourer, or agricul- 

 tural labourer, or labourer on farm, wherever the labour is in connection 

 with any form of farm-work. 



Other persons belonging to the agricultural class, such as gardeners, 

 woodmen, and others following specific occupations, will be separately 

 grouped under headings not referred to in this memorandum. Gar- 

 deners, however, engaged with nurserymen and seedsmen should 

 always state the fact, so that they may be readily distinguished from 

 gardeners in private employment ; and it is also desirable that persons 

 working on market gardens should clearly indicate that they are so 

 employed. 



In cases where a person no longer pursues his calling, but has 

 retired from active work, the previous occupation should always be 

 given, coupled with the word "retired." 



In view of the importance at the present time of questions relating 

 to the number and distribution of the agricultural population, the Board 

 trust that all persons concerned will" on this occasion render their best 

 assistance to ensure that the particulars entered on the Census Schedules 

 by farmers and farm labourers are precise and specific and capable of 

 accurate arrangement in the groups to which they respectively belong. 



The Board have recently published the fourth part [Cd. 5469. 

 Price yd.] of the volume of Agricultural Statistics for the year 1909, 

 which comprises summaries of the agricultural 

 Agricultural statistics of the British Possessions and of 



Statistics. foreign countries, with certain particulars of 



the prices of agricultural commodities in those possessions and coun- 

 tries, so far as information is available. 



The tabular information is prefaced by a Report by Mr. R. H. 

 Rew, dealing with the changes in area under certain crops and in the 

 live stock of different countries, and also with the world's harvest in 

 1909. Attention is also devoted to the potato and hop crop. 



This part also contains an Index to the whole volume. The pre- 



