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 56 and Idiocy. No. 3. The Deaf. No. 4. The Blind. No. 5. Persons Diseased or Physically Defective. No. 6. Benevolence. No. 7. Crime. No. 8. Pauperism.

Besides the first twenty-five questions on the Population Schedule, these schedules contain further questions, as for instance on the Insanity Schedule: Able to speak so as to be readily understood, imperfectly, or not at all; form of insanity; duration of present attack; total number of attacks; age or period of life at which first attack occurred; supposed cause of insanity; whether also epileptic, suicidal, or homicidal; whether this person has any insane relatives (father, mother, &c.); if married, whether wife or husband of this person is insane, blind, deaf, or deformed from infancy; whether this person has any relatives who were blind, deaf, or deformed from infancy; length of time in this institution during present attack; length of time spent in hospitals or asylums for the insane; whether wholly or partially supported by public or private charity, or by self, family, or relatives. The other schedules are similarly detailed.

Special Schedule.—Surviving soldiers, sailors, &c. Gives rank, company, regiment, or vessel, date of enlistment, of discharge, length of service.

Special Schedules used only by special agents.—There are a large number of these covering the different subjects intrusted to special agents. Among the more important are:—

Statistics of Transportation: Steam Railroads.—This comprises the following questions to be answered for each year from 1880 to 1889, both inclusive: A. Analysis of mileage (total length of line operated length of operated line owned, leased, &c.). B. Business done (freight traffic, passenger traffic, train mileage, &c.). C. Equipment and Stations (locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, number of stations). D. Earnings and Income. E. Analysis of Expenditure. F. Analysis of Operating Expenses. G. Employees. There are 52 subdivisions under these general heads.

Statistics of Transportation: Rapid Transit Facilities in Cities.—This covers mileage, mileage built each year for ten years back, motive power, &c.

Statistics of Transportation: Steam Navigation.—Ownership and organisation. Description and Equipment. Routes and Mileage. Freight traffic analysed and estimated in tons. Volume of freight train estimated in ton-miles, Passenger traffic. Income and Expenditure. Classification of employees on steamers.

Statistics of Transportation: Sailing Vessels.—(Similar to the above.)

The above schedules are sent to the corporation or firm owning the railroad or vessel.