2.-Packages by Express. Printed addressed gummed labels are sent you which are to be used on express packages only. All express packages should have the address given on this label.

OUTFIT.

3.-Schedules, Forms, etc., sent you. You have already received from the Census Office your commission as an Enumerator, which you have accepted. We now send you the following Instructions and Outfit to enable you to intelligently and properly perform your duties.

INVENTORY.

Enumerator's Instruction Book.

Schedules. No. 1, Population and Social Statistics, Male. Schedules. No. 1, Population and Social Statistics, Female. Schedules. No. 1, Population and Social Statistics, Special. Schedules. No. 4, Domestic Manufactures, Agricultural Products and Property.

Pencils and rubber.
Wire fasteners.

Schedule Case.

Cards to separate the unfilled Schedules for Males and Females, and the completed Schedules, in the Schedule Case.

Daily Work Report Cards.

Consolidated Daily Work Report.

Time Account.

Bill Form and Oath.

Expense Statement.

Gummed Labels for Express Packages.

Receipt Form for Express Companies.

Postal Card Receipt for above Outfit, upon which you should enter the date of beginning work, and at once mail the same to the Census Office.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.

4.-You are referred to succeeding pages for full instructions as to the manner of entering the names and addresses in the back part of this book, the proper manner for filling or delivering the

various Schedules sent you, for making your daily and consolidated reports of work done and time employed, and for completing and returning to this office your work, reports, and accounts. In case the Instructions herewith furnished you fail to supply you with desired information, your duty is to write the Census Office without delay, stating the case plainly, and the decision of this office will be sent you promptly. We consider, however, that the Instructions are so minute that the Enumerator who reads them carefully will find little, if any, need for correspondence. Do not write unless you are sure the Instructions do not cover the case in point.

5.-Postal Card Receipt for Outfit. Upon receiving your Outfit, immediately check off the schedules, forms, and articles mentioned in Inventory (Instruction 3, Enumerator's Book) and as soon as possible after beginning work fill out Form C 85-44, and mail it to the Census Office. If any part of your Outfit is lacking, mention the fact on this form, and the missing articles will be forwarded at once.

6.-Enumerator's Book. If this book is not large enough to contain the names and addresses of the Farmers, Manufacturers, etc., in your district, notify us in time so that another may be sent you, and thus prevent unnecessary delay.

7.-Schedules. We send you what we deem a sufficient quantity of Schedules for use in your district. Be particular in sending orders for extra Schedules to specify the number of the Schedule, and also the office number; for instance, the Male Population Schedule is "Schedule No. 1," the office number, just below the upper punch hole is "C 85-8."

8.-Pencils and Rubber. We wish you to use the pencils sent herewith in filling all Schedules. Ink or any other kind of pencil must not be used. The writing must be legible, the marks made firmly; illegible or faintly written returns will, necessarily, be subjected to revision, and your account will not be approved until the Schedules are in perfect condition for tabulation.

9. The Schedule Case. The aim of the Census Office has been to supply the Enumerator with a small, compact receptacle for his blank and completed Schedules, instead of the large port

folios used in former Censuses. The case sent you will contain about three hundred of the Card Schedules. A sufficient number of Schedule No. 1-Special and Schedule No. 4, for a day's work, can be carried conveniently in your pocket. We supply you with three cards which will enable you to separate the unfilled Schedules for Males and Females from the completed ones in the Schedule Case.

10.-Your Work. Your work consists in filling, according to instructions hereinafter given, Schedule No. 1, Population and Social Statistics, Male and Female; Schedule No. 1-Special; in entering the names and addresses of Farmers, Manufacturers, etc., in the back part of this book; and in delivering, at the same time, a copy of Schedule No. 4 to every person owning, hiring, or carrying on a Farm, Market Garden, etc., in your district. As regards Schedule No. 4 your duty is simply to deliver it. Devote no time to explaining it, and make no attempt to fill it or to have it filled, for this Schedule will not be taken up until after November 15, 1885. See Instructions 41 and 51.

11.-Personal Service. You are expected to personally fill Schedule No. 1, and Schedule No. 1-Special; to deliver Schedule No. 4, and to make the address lists. You cannot delegate to any other person your authority to make inquiries. You must do the whole work yourself, with the single exception of such specially authorized assistance as may be given you by interpreters.

12.-A Day's Work. You should be able to fill, on an average, from 200 to 250 Schedules a day (Forms C 85-8 and 9), besides the Schedule No. 1—Special (of which you will, as a rule, use but a few each day), enter your names and addresses, and deliver Schedule No. 4. In many thickly settled localities you can fill more than 250 Schedules in ten hours. There is no objection to your working in the early part of the evening if you find that you can prosecute your work to greater advantage. In approving your bill, comparisons will be made with the work done in previous Censuses, and in the case of any marked discrepancy an explanation will be called for before the approval of your account. Enumerators are desired to exercise diligence in their work, as the Census Office is required by law to prepare an abstract of the Census returns, and present it to the Secretary of the Common

wealth on or before September 1, 1885. The districts are so arranged that in the majority of them the work can easily be completed during the month of May, in many cases requiring much less than the entire month. In only a few districts, and those the necessarily large ones, will the work extend into the month of June.

13.-Distinguish Boundaries. The boundaries of your Enumeration District are clearly defined in your Commission. You should establish these boundaries carefully in your mind, select a point at which to begin work and go through your district systematically.

14.-Examining and Correcting Returns. All Schedules and Lists sent in by you will be carefully examined before tabulation. The more accurate your work the sooner your account will be approved and paid. In the case of correct work, your money will be ready within a few days after the receipt of your work. No payment will be made to any Enumerator until all the errors in his work have been corrected, and all omissions of information have been supplied.

15. Materials Not Used. When your work is completed, all Schedules not used, the Schedule Case, and all other unused material specified in the Inventory in Instruction 3 should be neatly packed and returned in the same package with the completed Schedules and this book. All the articles mentioned in the Inventory are charged to you personally, and must be accounted for before your time account and bill can secure approval. All materials sent, whether used or unused, should be handled carefully and returned in the best possible condition. The wrapping paper on the package sent you, if preserved and turned, will form a suitable cover for your completed work.

DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE.

16.-Courtesy. In the exercise of your authority as Enumerator, you should use courtesy, tact, and discrimination. A rude, peremptory, or overbearing demeanor will render persons less disposed to give information, and it may seriously retard your work. Be prompt, rapid, and decisive in making your inquiries, but do not arouse any antagonism or give any offense.

17.-False Statements. Under the law you have a right to a true statement or reply to each and every question borne on the Schedules, and which have been approved by the Governor and Council. If statements which you know to be false are made to you, you must endeavor to obtain true answers by observation or by inquiry of other persons who are trustworthy. You will undoubtedly experience the most difficulty in securing correct answers to Inquiry 25 on Forms C 85-8 and 9, and in filling out the Schedule No. 1-Special, as a whole. You should make particular endeavors, therefore, to secure correct answers to that Inquiry and for that Schedule.

18.-Refusal to Answer. If parties through ignorance or wilfulness refuse to answer it will call for discretionary treatment. You will do well not to unnecessarily obtrude the compulsory feature of the enumeration. If the refusal is persisted in you must call their attention to the law and inform them that you will be obliged to notify this office of their refusal. Do not report such refusals except in extreme cases, nor until you are sure that your efforts to secure the information will be unsuccessful.

19.-Confidential Nature of Returns. Impress upon those who raise any objections to answering the Inquiries that you are obliged by law to keep them entirely confidential and that no one but yourself will see them before they are sent to this office. State positively to them that the names and residences will never be made use of in any printed report. They are required simply as a means of identifying the Schedule. If necessary you can allow a person who objects to read this Instruction. Call their attention to that provision of the law (Sect. 11, Chap. 181, Acts of 1884) which makes it obligatory upon you to keep replies confidential, and which subjects you to a fine and to the revocation of your appointment in case you are derelict in duty. You have no right to make copies of the answers on any Schedules for your own private use, or for public or private use by any other person. (See latter part of Sect. 11, Chap. 181, Acts of 1884.) You are particularly instructed not to give information obtained from the Schedules to any party or parties. All requests from newspapers, or from individuals, for the total population of your town or city, or district, must be referred to this office for answer, together with the