The taking of the census in some countries entails considerable difficulties. In Zululand, for instance, the natives make their record on a stick of wood. Notches are cut dividing the stick into as many parks as there huts in a kraal, and then smaller notches are cut in each division, representing the people in each hut. The sticks are threaded on strings and are then collected by the British police.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3512, 5 July 1921, Page 13
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70Page 13 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Witness, Issue 3512, 5 July 1921, Page 13
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