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Published by the Bureau of the census, S.N.D. North, director
"In addition to the material which appeared in the first and second editions of the Abstract, tables have been added relating to street and electric railways, central electric light and power stations, electric fire alarm and police patrol systems, and mines and quarries."
"Publications of the twelfth census": p. 449-454