S.I. No. 58/1932 - The Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1932.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1932. No. 58.

THE STATISTICS (CENSUS OF PRODUCTION) ORDER, 1932.

The Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1932, made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under sub-section (1) of Section 16 of the Statistics Act, 1926 .

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (1) of Section 16 of the Statistics Act, 1926 , that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, by Order, do all or any of the following things, that is to say :

(a) Prescribe the subject-matter, nature, character and periodicity of the statistics to be collected under this Act, and the time at or the occasion on which the same are to be collected ;

(b) prescribe, subject to the provisions of this section, the person or classes of persons by whom returns are to be made or information is to be given for the purpose of any statistics collected under this Act ;

(c) make regulations for the collection, compilation, abstraction, or publication of statistics generally or any particular class or classes of statistics under this Act ;

(d) prescribe the schedules, forms, instructions and other documents to be used in the collection, compilation, abstraction, or publication of statistics generally or of any particular class or classes of statistics under this Act ;

(e) prescribe any matter or thing which is referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed by regulations made under this Act ;

NOW, I, SEAN F. LEMASS, the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by sub-section (1) of Section 16 of the Statistics Act, 1926 , and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, do hereby order :

1. Statistics in respect of each of the years 1932 to 1935 inclusive shall be collected in each of the years 1933 to 1936 inclusive respectively of the following subject-matter, nature and character, that is to say, with respect to the industries, trades and businesses set out in the First Part of the Schedule hereto, the information, returns and particulars set out in the Second Part of the said Schedule, in so far as the same shall be required in respect of each of the said industries trades and businesses by prescribed forms.

2. The following are the persons or classes of persons by whom returns are to be made or information is to be given for the purpose of the said statistics, that is to say, every person carrying on any of the industries, trades and businesses set out in the First Part of the Schedule hereto.

3. The said statistics shall be collected by means of prescribed forms, which shall be transmitted by post on or before the 15th day ofJanuary in each year to all persons by whom returns are to be made or information is to be given in respect of the preceding year, and shall be returned duly filled up and completed by such persons by post, on or before the 1st day of March following.

4. The Interpretation Act, 1923 , applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

5. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1932.

Dated this 1st day of July, 1932.

SEAN F. LEMASS.

Department of Industry and Commerce.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST PART.

INDUSTRIES, TRADES AND BUSINESSES.

Bacon Curing,

Grain Milling,

Malting,

Sugar and Sugar Confectionery,

Aerated and Mineral Waters,

Brewing,

Distilling,

Tobacco.

Bricks, Glass and Monumental Masonry,

Wood Furniture and Upholstery,

Coach Building and Motor Bodies,

Metal Trades,

Engineering and Implements.

Linen, Cotton, Jute and Canvas,

Woollens and Worsteds,

Clothing Trades,

Boots and Shoes,

Hosiery.

Papermaking and Manufactured Stationery,

Printing, Bookbinding,

Soap and Candles,

Fertilisers, Chemicals, Paints, etc.

SECOND PART.

The expression " the year " in this Part of this Schedule means the year beginning 1st day of January and ending 31st day of December in the particular year in respect of which the Statistics are being collected under this Order.

INFORMATION, RETURNS AND PARTICULARS.

No. 1.—General Particulars regarding Establishment :

(a) Name under which establishment is working.

(b) Nature of industry, trade or business.

(c) Location or postal address of place where goods are manufactured or produced. In cases where the same firm or establishment produces goods at different places not situated in the same town, a separate return may be required for each branch.

(d) Year when first established. If the industry, trade or business changed hands during the year, dates and particulars of such change are required.

No. 2.—Products Manufactured and Work Performed during the Year :

(a) The quantity and value of each of the principal products given separately.

A specification of all other products and their aggregate total value.

(b) The amounts received for contract work on materials provided by others ; the amounts received for repairs done for others.

No. 3.—Materials Used :

Quantity and cost at the works of all materials used in producing or manufacturing the products of which particulars are required under No. 2 above, or used in all repair work done during the year.

No. 4.—Fuel, Electricity, etc., used during the Year :

Particulars of the total cost at works of the different kinds of Fuel, Oils and Electricity, etc., used during the year.

No. 5.—Amounts Paid for Contract Work :

Amounts paid for contract work done by persons other than employees of the establishment, on material furnished by the establishment in connection with the products of which particulars are required under No. 2 above.

No. 6.—Persons Employed :

Number of persons engaged in the industry, trade or business during the week ended nearest to 15th October in the year to which the inquiry relates.

(a) Administrative, Clerical and Technical Staff.

(b) Wage Earners (not Outworkers) :

Industrial Workers at the Factory.

Storekeepers, packers, messengers, porters, carters, etc.

(c) Wage Earners (Outworkers).

No. 7.—Wages and Earnings.

Wages and earnings paid during the year to wage earners, including outworkers, i.e. to persons of the kind mentioned in No. 6 (b) and (c), distinguishing payments made to outworkers from payments made to wage earners who are not outworkers.