1851 Census Act II
  Statutes of New Brunswick. 12 Victoria, Chapter 48
  (Passed April 14, 1849)



 
 



Anno Regni VICTORIÆ Britanniarum Reginæ Duodecimo.
A T the General Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick, begun and holden at
Fredericton on the Twenty eighth Day of January, Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred
and forty seven, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the
Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the
Faith, and thence continued by several Prorogations to the Thirty first Day of January One
thousand eight hundred and forty nine ; being the Third Session of the Fourteenth General
Assembly convened in the said Province. 

CAP. XLVIII.

An Act to amend an Act, intituled An Act for ascertaining the Population of this Province,
and for other purposes therein mentioned.


           Passed 14th April 1849.


'WHEREAS it is the desire of Her Majesty's Government that a Census
'should be made in each of the British Colonies in the year of our
'Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one;'

   I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Council and
Assembly, That the operation of an Act made and passed in the eleventh year of
Her Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for ascertaining the Population of this Pro-
vince, and for other purposes therein mentioned, be and the same is hereby suspended
until the first day of January which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty one.

   II. And be it enacted, That the several persons who may be appointed under
the above recited Act to take the account of  Population and for other purposes
under the said Act, shall deliver or transmit their several respective answers
and returns in duplicate to the Clerks of the Peace for the several and respective
Counties, on or before the first day of November next after the said recited Act
shall come into operation.

   III. And be it enacted, That instead of the Schedule to the said recited Act
annexed, the following Schedules shall be adopted and used.

SCHEDULE I.
Dwelling.
Name.
Sex.
Relation-
ship.
Age.
Race.
Rank
or
Occupation.
Date of
entering the
Colony.
Sick or
Infirm.
REMARKS .
SCHEDULE II.
Name and descrip-
tion of Parish or
City, or District in
such Parish or City,
and within what
County situate.
Question 1st. Inhabited Houses,
By how many Families inhabited,
Question 2nd. Houses now Building,
Question 3rd. Uninhabited Houses,
Question 4th. Stores, Barns and Out-houses,
Births. Number of Births during preceding year,
Deaths. Number of Deaths during preceding year,
Grammar Schools. Number of Children attending Grammar Schools,
Parish Schools. Number of Children attending Parish Schools,
Cleared Land. Estimated quantity of Cleared Land,
Crops. Tons of Hay cut,
Bushels of Wheat raised,
Bushels of Barley raised,
Bushels of Oats raised,
Bushels of Buckwheat raised,
Bushels of Indian Corn raised,
Bushels of Peas and Beans raised,
Bushels of Turnips raised,
Bushels of Potatoes raised,
Bushels of other Root Crops raised,
Stock. Number of Neat Cattle,
Number of Cows, how many milked,
Quantity of Butter,
Number of Horses,
Number of Sheep,
Number of Swine,
Buildings of different
kinds.
Number of Churches and places of Worship,
Number of Schools,
Number of Saw Mills, and hands employed,
Number of Grist Mills, and hands employed,
Number of Tanneries, and hands employed,
Number of Foundries, and hands employed,
Number of Weaving and Carding Establishments, and hands employed,
Number of Hand Looms,
Number of Yards of Woollen Cloth Manufactured,
Number of Factories, other than the above, and hands employed,
Manufactured Articles, &c. &c. &c. Boots and Shoes Manufactured,
Value of Leather Manufactured,
Value of Candles Manufactured,
Value of Wooden Ware Manufactured, other than Cabinet Makers,
Soap Manufactured,
Value of Chairs and Cabinet Ware Manufactured,
Value of Fish caught, and quantities,
Hats Manufactured,
Value of Iron Castings Manufactured,
Quantity of Coal raised,
Quantity of Iron smelted,
Number of Breweries,
Number of Gallons of Malt Liquor  Manufactured,
Casks of Lime burnt,
Number of Grindstones,
Tons of Gypsum quarried,
Quantity of Maple Sugar Manufactured,


Transcriber's Remarks

Marginal notes have been omitted.

Transcribed by Craig Walsh .
August 2001.

Disclaimer: I have provided this transcription for its historical interest. It should not be considered an official or legal copy of the act.

Source
New Brunswick. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpon, Queen's Printer. 1849. pp. 200 - 201.

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First posted 5 August 2001.