Report on the Census of Porto Rico, 1899 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from Report on the Census of Porto Rico, 1899

The Executive order for taking the census was issued September 8, 1899 (appendix I). An estimate of expenses was made on the basis of the probable population, and the execution of the field work by native Porto Ricans, on the lines followed in taking the census of Cuba, except that the supervisors were not brought to Washington.

Mr. Harrison Dingman, an experienced officer of the United States census, was selected as Assistant Director to superintend the field work, and left Washington with his office force September 30.

The division of the island into 917 enumeration districts and the appointment of the enumerators were finished November 6, and promptly on November 10 the enumeration was commenced. On December 20 it was completed, and on January 25, 1900, Mr. Dingman and party left Porto Rico for Washington, arriving January 30.

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