The present system of decennial censuses has been the method employed ever since the first census was taken in 1801, but there is general agreement amongst those interested in population statistics that ten years is much too long an interval between successive enumerations. A series of censuses at quinquennial intervals would, without doubt, afford a more reliable basis for the solution of many problems in demography. Further, if a permanent census office were set up all the information as regards movements of the population in and out of the country, and to and from various districts in the country, at present supplied to various Government departments, should be given to that office. A closer link between successive censuses would thus be forged, and intercensal populations more readily obtained with much greater accuracy than at present.