1 APPENDIX D.—INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED, &C,
2 House numbering and preparation of House-tists. s
3 take great care that the index-registers and house-lists agree in all details that are common to both. Each will act as a
4 check on the other; and any item omitted from one and appearing in the other should be carefully added in the former.
5 Yo,, Rule 10: Entry of families.—An accurate and complete record of the families in each house is almost as
6 important, as a check upon and aid to the enumeration, as is the record of the houses themselves, for there is a danger
7 that any family omitted from this list may escape enumeration also,
8 11. Rule 11; Public institutions and private schedules.—Paragraphs 9 and 10 of General Letter A should
9 be referred to in this connection. The question of the granting of private schedules should be settled as soon as possi-
10 ple, as no list of families need be prepared in houses for which they are granted. So, too, it should be decided at once
11 in what public institutions and other cases under the above paragraphs of Géneral Letter A the census will be made by
12 the officials in charge. In all these cases the census must be taken on exactly the same broad lines as the general cen-
13 sus. But in jails, dispensaries, and the like, where few or no distinct famities reside. a separate house-list may be dis-
14 pensed with; while in the case of gangs of workmen residing on Jarge works, though a house-list must be prepared,
15 yet it will be better to defer its preparation till nearer the time of the actual census, as the people to be enumerated are
16 constantly changing, and the establishment available for the work will be comparatively numerous and intelligent. The
17 lists referred to at the end of rule 11 should be carefully made out for each circle and given to the supervisors. They
18 must include all cases in which the actual enumeration will not be made by the general census staff of the district,
19 12, Rule 14: Census diaries.—Inspecting officers should see that the diaries prescribed in this rule are kept
20 up; they are especially useful as a check upon the supervising staff.
21 13. Consideration of general instructions in committee.—All important general instructions, such as
22 these, should be verbally explained and discussed by district officers, and the tahsildars, superintendents, and other
23 superior officers collected together ; as this is the only effective way of ensuring that the officials concerned thoroughly
24 understand the instructions, and that no difficulty or doubtful point has been overlooked. So, too, the superintendents
25 should explain all general instructions, in the first instance, to their subordinates collected together, and not separately.
26 14. Weekly progress-reports,—Finally, I would remind you of the necessity of a well-considered scheme of check
27 upon the progress of this and all subsequent census operations. The work has to be done within a limited time which is
28 not more than sufficient for its efficient performance, and periodical progress-reports, probably weekly, should be sent by
29 each subordinate to his immediate superior for the area under his charge. Reports of this nature are often much delayed
30 by having to pass through several grades of supervising officers; to avoid this it will be well that the supervisors should,
31 when reporting to their superintendents, send copies of their reports direct to the tahsilddr or officer in charge of the
32 tahsil, who would thus be kept punctually informed of the progress of the work. *
33 15. Vernacu'ar instructions.—A translation of the instructions and of Census Forms A and B, or the index-
34 register and honse-list, will follow immediately.
35 (Enclosure to General Letter B.)
36 PART I.—NUMBERING OF HOUSES AND PREPARATION OF HOUSE-LISTS.
37 1. Appointment of Supervisor.—You have been appointed supervisor of circle No. , under
38 superintendent of charge No. _ , to whom you are immediately subordinate, and to whom you should refer in all cases of
39 doubt. You have been supplied with a map of your circle showing the vitlag. ndaries and the limits, ether approximate
40 or final, of the blocks included in it, and also with a copy of so much of the tahsfl index-register as refers to your circle, showing:
41 the villages and minor homesteads included within it, ‘:
42 2. Entry ofall homesteads in the index-register.— Your first business is to see that you know the exact boundaries of
43 your circle, You must then make yourself acquainted with the whole of it, and see that no homesteads are omitted from
44 columns 5 and 6 of the index-register. Alt temporary homesteads, such as huts of herdsmen, banyéras, sipsi andother squat-
45 ters, must be included where the occupants intend a stay of three months or more: where they do not, their huts need not be
46 shown, You must add any homesteads that may have been omitted from the index-register, and inform the superintendent,
47 that he may alter his index-register and have the tahsil copy corrected. The position of each homestead should be marked on
48 the village-map which has been given you, -
49 3. Preparation of the house-list.—The next step is to fix the enumerators’ blocks where this has not been already done,
50 and to prepare a house-list in the annexed Form B for each block. The manner of doing this is explained in the following
51 rules,
52 4 Meaning of the words “house” and “ family.”"--The word “house,” wherever used in census instructions, means any
53 group of dwelling-houses, whether one only or many, which have a common separate principal entrance from the road or street,
54 however many families it may include. The word * family,’ wherever used in census instructions, includes all the: le, whe~
55 ther one only or many, who eat together at one common table (chélha), together with such of their servants as reside with them
56 and any visitors staying with them, .
57 S- Maps of homesteads.—A rough sketch-map must be made for each separate homestead shown in column 6 of the
58 index-register, or in towns, for each muhallah. ‘The map should not be drawn to scale, and should be of the roughest possible
59 description, as all that is wanted is a diagram which will show the relative positions of the houses. In these maps must be
60 shown each house, as defined in rule 4, which is used for human occupation, whether by day only or by both day and night,
61 and even though it be but a hut or shed; but any dwelling that may be included within the same house should not be sepas
62 tately-shown, for the map is to be one of “ houses,” not of buildings. Ruined buildings, cattle-pens, stables, out-houses, go-
63 downs, and other buildings not occupied by man, need not be shown; but dwelling-houses fit for habitation, but temporaril
64 vacant or under construction, and at ail likely to be completed by the end of February, must be entered, The houses shoul
65 be numbered on the map in pencil in the first place, in the order in which it will be most convenient to visit them on the ni
66 of the census; and as the map is being made, a rough list of the houses should be prepared showing the number of resident
67 families in each, _In towns, civil lines and cantonments the map must include all land lying within the town limits fixed by the
68 Deputy Commissioner, In villages the map of each homestead should include the gotrah des, or outskirts of the homestead,
69 and also all loealities mentioned in the next rule, These maps and rough lists may be prepared in the first instance by any of
70 your subordinates under your orders.
71 6, Hauses to be numbered.—When the papers above mentioned are complete, must satisfy reeif on the spot that
72 no house in the area has been omitted from them. Railway premises, however, are excluded fomiae: siccle, and should not
73 be shown in any of your statements. All other public institutions, such as office-buildings, jails, police lines, dispensaries, and
74 the like, should have one single number for each premises, however many separate ‘buildings they may include. So, too, the
75 lines of each regiment in a cantonment should bear asingle number. (See rule 11 below.) ‘Besides the houses proper described
76 in rule 4, each encamping-ground and each ghdt or mooring-place for boats included in any block should have a number 10
77 itself; as also shoald any well, garden, &c., that is a usual resting-place for travellers at night, and a number should be added
78 at the end of each block or homestead for the goivah deh of the block if it includes any. In short, alll localities which are welt
79 defined, so that they can be shown on the map, and in which travellers or others are likely to be found on the night of thecen-
80 ‘sus, must be treated as houses and bear separate numbers, even though there may be no buildings on them.
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