CENSUS

In Ancient History, a population return of the Roman citizens, including a valuation of each man 8 property, and a registration of his tribe, family, children, and servants. The secondary senses of the word are, a tax levied according to the above-mentioned valuation; and the amount of any individual's property. A senator's census was the amount of property nece ary for a member of the senate, which was equal to between 6000/. and 7000/. of our money; but this was raised by August us to about 10,000/. A knight's census was something more than 3000/. Ihe term census, in modern political phraseology, signifies an enumeration of the inhabitants of a country • in mT linim?^^^ ^^ England by act of parliament CENTAURS.' In Greek Mythology, a fabulous race ot beings, half man and half horse, who are said to have inhabited part of The aly, and waged constant war with the hostile tribe of Lapithse.. CENTAUR US, the [s. 218]