Census of India, Vol. 1: India (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

E. A. Gait

9780666384676: Census of India, Vol. 1: India (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Census of India, Vol. 1: India

It may be asked why the Hollerith machine, or some similar mechanical device, has not been used. The answer is that in a country like India, where the lower kinds of clerical work are very cheap, while the supply of highly trained men is limited, the slip system is not only more economical than that Of electrical tabulation, but also more reliable. There is more room for error in the perforation of the complicated cards which are a necessary adjunct of that system than in the preparation and sorting of our slips. It would, moreover, be difficult to apply the system of electric tabulation to our more complicated tables, such as those mentioned above.

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