Burma: Census of India 1901 Vol. I - Khamkoo

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APPENDICES.
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(c) The agency employed.—There was 1 Charge Superintendent, 6 Supervisors, and
41 Enumerators
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employed, all unpaid.
(d) Preliminary enumeration,—The preliminary enumeration was commenced on the
25th January 1901 and completed by the middle of February, and the testing work was taken
in hand by the Charge Superintendent and the.Circle Supervisors at the completion of the preliminary
enumeration and completed by the 27th February 1901.
(e) The final enumeration.—-The -final enumeration was taken on the night of the 1st
March 1901.
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(f) Preparation of the district, charge, and circle summaries, &c.—The charge and
circle summaries were prepared on the 2nd March and the results obtained were wired to the
Deputy Commissioner, Toungoo on the 3rd instant, in accordance with the instructions received
from the Superintendent, Census Operations.
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From R. B. Hawkes, Esq., Deputy Commissioner, Salween, to the Superintendent, Census Operations,
Burma,—No. 169-102, dated the 1st April 1901.
With reference to Circular No. 24, dated the 18th January 1901, 1 have the honour to forward
herewith a brief report on the Census operations in this district.
Salween District.
Brief report on the Census operations.
(a) The preparation of the General Register of villages or towns and of the circle
list.—The general register of villages was prepared on the basis of the recent revenue
assessment-rolls with the assistance of the circle thugyis and completed on the 26th July
1900.
The Census circle lists were written up in the office by the clerks and forwarded to the
Supervisors on the 10th November 1900.
(6) House-numbering.—The numbering of houses in Papun was commenced on the 2oth
November 1900 under the supervision of the Township Officer and completed on the 22nd
November 1900.
(c) The agency employed.—The following agency was employed :
Charge Superintendents ... ... ... ... ...
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Supervisors ... ... ... ... ... ... 44
Enumerators ... ... ... ... ... ... 145
Supervising Census officers were selected from the following classes,—Police officers of
higher grades, clerks, thugyis, petition-writers, and intelligent non-officials. In rural districts
Enumerators consisted of police constables, yasawutgaungs, kyedangyis, and traders.
There was much difficulty in procuring qualified Enumerators in the district owing to the
illiterate condition of the people. In many instances the Supervisors accompanied the
Enumerators to their blocks and made the entries themselves in their schedules.
(d) The preliminary enumeration.—The general schedules were received here on the
3rd January 1901 and despatched to the Supervisors on the 8th January 1901 for distribution
to their Enumerators.
The work of preliminary enumeration was commenced as each Enumerator received his
schedules. The earliest date on which the work commenced was on the 16th January igoi.
During the progress of the preliminary record the work was tested by the Charge
Superintendents, who visited a number of villages and made corrections where necessary in the
general schedules. They have also given to the Supervisors and Enumerators all the advice
and assistance on the difficult points which they could not understand.
(e) The final enumeration.—On the night of the final Census the Supervisors visited each
house in large villages in their circles accompanied by the Enumerators. The entries were
read over to the chief member of the family and fresh entries and erasures made to correspond
with the actual state of things on the night of the Census.
(/) The preparation of the district, charge, and circle summaries.—The circle summaries
from most of the Supervisors reached this office between the 2nd and 6th March 1901.
There was considerable delay in the receipt of the summaries from Mewaing, Kadaingti
and Kawludo, due to the outbreak of small-pox, and the Karens deserted their villages and hid
themselves in almost inaccessible places. Both the Supervisors and Enumerators experienced
the greatest difficulty in finding them out.
It was also found that in some cases illiterate men had been appointed as Enumerators
and in consequence the work of Census enumeration was thrown entirely on the Supervisors,
as no local agency was available.