Returns have been received from each of the 1,714 marshals thas appointed, and the labor of condensing, classifying and preparing for publication the results, has been prosecuted with as much rapidity as the limited time and means, allowed for the purpose, would admit. The total population of each town and ward, with the increase or decrease since the census of 1845, upon which the present Assembly and senatorial districts were firmed the number of voters, aliens and persons of color not taxed, with the number upon which representation in the Legislature is based, are herewith presented, and will afford the information necessary to enable the Legislature to re-apportion members of Assembly in the scvcraI counties, and to reorganize the senatorial districts of the State. The population of villages, the number of males and females, distinguished by white and colored, the number of single, married and widowed, the number of families, and owners of land, the number over twenty-one who cannot read and write, and who can read but not write, together with the statistics of schooIhouses and churches, of newspapers and other periodicals, with the number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and idiotic, ham also been mostly prepared, and some progress has been made in condensing the agricultural and classifying the manufacturing statistics, but it is deeemed inexpedient to present these results until the whole be ready for publication. There remains to be done, the summary of ages distinguishing by sex, professions and places of birth, and the completion of the statistics of agrioultrre and mannhctures, the summary of marriages and deaths, and a general revision of the whole, with such comparative tables as may be deemed necessary for a full representation of theprogress of population, resources, and progress of the State.....