Rhode Island State Census 1875 PDF Download

Excerpt from Report Upon the Census of Rhode Island, 1875: With the Statistics of the Population, Agriculture, Fisheries and Shore Farms, and Manufactures of the State To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island: It is ten years to-day since the report upon the State Census of 1865 was completed. It was my feeling at that time that the completion of the report had been too long delayed, and in commencing the superintendence of the census of 1875, it was my fixed determination that the report should be completed in a much shorter time. But my intentions in that regard have not been fulfilled, and the time required for the completion of the work has been the same as in 1865. The causes of the delay in the present census have been fully stated in the report herewith presented; the chief of which was the lamented death of Mr. Isaac Peck, my Assistant in the census office, and upon whom I especially relied in the preparation of the statistics of Manufactures. His death not only caused direct delay in the collection of the statistics of manufactures; but also, for the want of his supervision, errors crept into the tables which have caused more delay, continued vexation, and some extra expense even down to the present time. These things are now past; the mistakes have been found and corrected; and the printed report is before you. In connection with this delay, however, it is some satisfaction to know that our experience in this respect is not entirely an exception to the general rule. In no State, within my knowledge, that took a census in 1875, has the full report yet been published. This report has been prepared upon the same general plan as that upon the census of 1865. The First Part contains comments upon, and explanations of the statistical tables that are given in the Second Part. An Appendix is added, containing the census act, with the circulars, instructions, blanks, and other papers used in obtaining the statistics for the census. In the first part, a few tables that seemed to be of permanent value, are copied from the report of 1865, with additions to bring the facts down to the present time. In this part, also, numerous new explanatory and comparative tables are given to illustrate the different subjects discussed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.