THE CENSUS IN CHINA.
In China an odd way of taking the census prevails. The cities and towns are arranged in groups of ten houses. The oldest man in each group visits the nine houses which, with his own, make up the group, counis the members of every family, and sends his report to the Imperial Census Bureau.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 3
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