This note replies to V. Zamagni's comment on S. Fenoaltea, 'Industrial Employment in Italy in 1911: the burden of census data', "Rivista di storia economica", Vol. 31, pp. 225-246. She reaffirms that the industrial census counted (almost) all industrial employment, but does not come to grips with the evidence, marshaled in the paper, that it was in fact grossly incomplete.