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The preliminary reports of the census are issued in the form of Census Bulletins at irregular intervals. These returns are subject to correction before the final volumes are published. The most important published thus far are as follows:—

Bulletin No. 16.—Population of the United States by states.

Bulletin No. 7.—Indebtedness of the States in 1880 and 1890.

The figures for gross debt are as follows:—

But one-half of this decrease is due to scaling down the debt in the Southern States.

Bulletin No. 6.—Financial condition of counties.

In 1890 sinking funds and cash in Treasury and other available resources amounted to $30,468,955, making the net debt $115,224,885, with an annual interest charge of $7,318,374. The report gives details for all the states and counties.

Bulletin No. 14.—Financial condition of municipalities.

The net debt in 1890 was $455,373,940, and the annual interest charge, $34,550,236.

Bulletin No. 11.—Rapid transit in cities. The report covers 3,150 miles of railroad of which 2,351 are operated by animal power, 260 by electricity, 255 by cable, 61 by steam (elevated roads), and 221 by steam (surface roads).

The following bulletins refer to productive industry: No. 8, Slate. No. 9. Production of pig-iron (total production in year ending June 30, 1890, 9,579,779 tons). No. 10. Quicksilver. No. 13. Production of steel (total for year ending June 30, 1890, 4,466,926 tons). No. 20. Anthracite coal-fields of Pennsylvania (total production for 1889, 40,665,152 tons). No. 22. Distilled spirits consumed in the arts, manufactures, and medicines (total for year 1889, 10,976,842 proof gallons). No. 26. Maryland Coal. No. 27. Alabama Coal.

Bulletin No. 19.—Vital statistics of Jews in the United States is a