XX. Literacy, by age, sex, nativity, and race, by provinces and cities. XXI. School attendance, by months, by sex, race, nativity, and age, by XXIV. Occupation groups, by sex, race, and nativity, by municipal districts XXV. Occupation groups, by age, sex, race, and nativity, by provinces XXVI. Occupations, by sex, race, and nativity, for the island. XXVII. Occupations, by age and sex, for the island............... XXVIII. Occupations, by citizenship and sex, for the island. XXIX. Occupations, by sex and education, for the island. XXX. Occupations, by sex and conjugal condition, for the island.. XXXI. Occupations, by sex and country of birth, for the island. XXXII. Occupations, by provinces.. XXXIII. Selected occupations, by age, sex, and race, by provinces XXXIV. Selected occupations, by age and sex, by provinces. XXXV. Selected occupations, by sex and citizenship, by provinces. XXXVI. Selected occupations, by sex and education, by provinces XXXVII. Selected occupations, by sex and conjugal condition, by provinces. XXXVIII. Selected occupations, by sex and country of birth, by provinces... XXXIX. Number and size of families, by provinces and municipal districts. XL. Dwellings and families, by provinces and municipal districts.......... XLI. Source of water supply, by provinces and municipal districts.... XLII. Disposition of garbage, by provinces and municipal districts.. XLIII. Disposition of excreta, by provinces and municipal districts. Number of coffee, sugar, and tobacco plantations, cattle ranches, and cattle.. Tables of agriculture-Continued. XLIX. Sugar plantations, number and average size.. L. Tobacco plantations, classified by area Teachers' pensions and substitute teachers.. School law of June 30, 1900.... Province of Habana, Señor Manuel Rasco.. Province of Matanzas, Prof. Claudio Dumas.. Province of Pinar del Rio, Señor Pedro Pequeño... Province of Puerto Principe, Señor Augustin H. Aguera Province of Santa Clara, Señor Juan Bautista Jiminez IX. Province of Santiago de Cuba, Señor Sabas Meneses . X. Report of enumerator of Zapata Swamp, Sixto Agramonte XI. Report of enumeration of the north coast of Matanzas. Proportion of those living together by mutual consent to total population 132 152 DIAGRAMS. Population classified by sex, race, and nativity, by provinces.... 82 Sugar machinery, "Central Caracas," province of Santa Clara 532 Class in the corridor of the "Royal College," Habana.. 588 Supervisor and enumerators, province of Puerto Principe. 640 648 LIBRARY * LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. WAR DEPARTMENT, CUBAN CENSUS, SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the census of Cuba: In the early part of July, 1899, I received instructions from the Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War, to prepare a "memorandum" for a census of Cuba. In August, immediately after your arrival in Washington, this "memorandum" was submitted to the Director of the United States Census, Hon. W. R. Merriam, the Assistant Director, Dr. F. H. Wines, and Mr. William C. Hunt, chief statistician. After consultation with the War Department it was decided that a census covering the field of inquiry usual in the United States was not expedient for Cuba, in view of existing conditions; that the schedules should be limited to population, agriculture, and education, as the three subjects of most importance; that the general plan of the United States census should be followed; and that, to save time, the schedules and other blank forms necessary for the enumeration of a population estimated at 1,600,000 be printed at once. The estimated cost of taking the census on this basis, together with a statement of the amount disbursed, will be found in Appendix XXI. As the Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, of which Senator O. H. Platt is chairman, will publish an itemized statement of the expenditures, they are omitted, to avoid unnecessary repetition. It was proposed in the "memorandum" that the census be taken under the supervision of the Military Governor of the island by certain Cuban officials, assisted by officers and enlisted men of the United States Army, but as the census was primarily for the benefit of the Cubans, and as the work would demonstrate in some measure their capacity to perform an important civil duty, it was decided by the Secretary of War that the offices of supervisors and enumerators should be filled by Cubans, and that the field work should be performed by them, under the supervision of an experienced officer of the United States census, so that when the enumeration should be completed it would be a census of Cubans by Cubans. No decision could have been more fortunate, and, coupled with the proclamation of the President, in which the census was declared to 9 |
