The world: historical and actual . s;rowsout of this branch of the government. The census istaken by the Interior Department. The originalidea of a census was simply the ascertainment oncein ten years of the actual population of the country,with the details of locality, with a view to determin-ing the apportionment of members of the House ofRepresentatives. Eachnew census has beenmore elaborate andvaried than its predecessor, and under Gen-eral F. A. Walker, whotookthecensusesof 1870and 1880, the range ofstatistical informationafforded by the reportsof this bureau is mostexhaustive. It is amar
The world: historical and actual . s;rowsout of this branch of the government. The census istaken by the Interior Department. The originalidea of a census was simply the ascertainment oncein ten years of the actual population of the country,with the details of locality, with a view to determin-ing the apportionment of members of the House ofRepresentatives. Eachnew census has beenmore elaborate andvaried than its predecessor, and under Gen-eral F. A. Walker, whotookthecensusesof 1870and 1880, the range ofstatistical informationafforded by the reportsof this bureau is mostexhaustive. It is amarvel of complete-ness and accuracy. The bureau of railroads has been created to ascer-tain and conserve the interest of the government inthe railways of the country which received subsidies,land or bonds, in aid of their construction. Thebureau of education is hardly more than a bureauof educational information. The bureau of agricul-ture is another branch of the Interior Departmentwhich has a high-sounding name without having ac-. IWTENT OFFICE. (South Front
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