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zieties, of which Doctor Hill will probably speak in more detail.
But there is practically no difference in opinion as to the extent to
which that anglicization has taken place.
The CuarMAN. You say there is no difference?
Mr. Bocas. Very little difference. The figures which we used
last year, compared to the percentages as reported in a provisional
report of this special committee under the American Council of
Learned Societies, very recently published, are very similar.
The CuamrMan. I did not catch that name.
Mr. Boges. The American Council of Learned Societies.
The Crarrman. Where does that society have its headquarters, if
you please?
Mr. Boaes. Doctor Hill is a member of the committee, and I think
it would be better for him to speak to that point, Senator.
The Cmairman. All right. Now, this particular volume that
seems to be the basis of at least one element of your computation, the
Century of Population Growth——
Mr. Bocas. Yes, sir.
The Cuoamrman. Was any check made with respect to the state-
ment made therein contained, by you?
Mr. Boges. By myself, you mean?
The Crarrman. Yes.
Mr. Boges. I would say I simply used the work which has been
done in the Bureau of the Census with the collaboration of these
specialists.
The Cumairmax. When did we have our first census?
Mr. Boggs. In 1790.
The Cuairman. And was it accurate?
Mr. Boggs. I know it is the opinion of the people in the census
that it was at least as accurate as the present census.
Senator Coreraxp. How is that, Mr. Boggs?
Mr. Boggs. It is the opinion of the people in the census that it
was at least as accurate as the present census.
Senator Coreraxp. That the 1790 census was as accurate?
Mr. Bocas. As the present census; yes, sir.
The Cuamman. He says “the present census.” I am wondering
if he is damning with faint praise or using that comparison for the
purpose of indicating it was a remarkably accurate census.
Mr. Bocas. I am not passing judgment on that census; I am
saying it is my understanding that it is believed to be as accurate
as the latest census. But I am not speaking of the study of the
names.
The Cramrman. There is a relative statement that you make, and
I do not know whether you mean by that the present or recent
sensus, the last one we had, was accurate or sufficiently accurate?
Mr. Bocas. Yes, sir.
The Cmamman. So that you speak, then, with the same degrees
of praise as to the census of 1790% }
Mr. Boges. As to the number in the population; yes, sir.
Senator Coperanp. Mr. Chairman, + that is true, you and I and
members of the Commerce Committee must do something to try to
make the next census an accurate one. If my impression is correct
about the first Census, it must be very inaccurate.
