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Show CENSUS EStlHATE DEFENDED BY NORTH WASHINGTON. May 24. In a letter let-ter defending the estimates of population, pop-ulation, recently issued by . the census cen-sus bureau. Director North incidentally incidental-ly gives an estimate of the population of the United States tinder the census to be taken in 1910, placing the figures at 89,-041.436. 89,-041.436. The director eays that this indicates indi-cates a percentage of Increase of 17.1 as compared with 20.7 in the decade 1890-1900, but he admits that events are possible In the future development of the country ' which will put this estimate awry. Speaking of the estimate recently published, pub-lished, Mr. North says that it has been of very great benefit to the country. He says, however, that the estimates are In no sense a census, nor do they represent local conditions. "Each estimate," he said, "rests upon a hypothesis sufficiently accurate for mott statistical purposes the hypothesis that the annuat Increase of population since 1900 Is one-tenth of the total increase from 18) to 1900, as established by census enumerations. In only one class of cases had the census cen-sus deviated from a strict adherence to this hypothesis and endeavored to make allowance for disturbing local factors. These are the cases in which growth has been affected by annexations of new territory, terri-tory, either before or since the census of 1900. Where such annexations have occurred oc-curred their effect on the population has been carefully calculated, after correspondence corre-spondence with local authorities, city engineers, en-gineers, mayors, assessors, etc. i |