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Friday, January 26, 1973
The Bill, however, enables the Governor-in-Council to specify
a census period because the data to be sought in the Industrial Production
Census will relate to a period of one year rather than a specific date.
The Bill also removes a provision in the Principal Ordinance
which prevents the Commissioner from taking a census in such a way that
any member of the public incurs expense as a result.
Frovisions are also made to make it easier for questionnaire
forms to be completed and collected, as well as extending the powers
of census officers to visit premises to complete questionnaire forms.
Mr. Topley explained that the Industrial Production Census would
be carried out by a small number of trained full-time census supervisors.
"They will visit most of the 10,000-odd establishments to be
enumerated and discuss the questionnaire forms with the management,"
he said.
He added that there would be a specific period within which
the forms must be completed and returned, but supervisors from the
department would assist managements in filling in the forms whenever
necessary.
The managements would have an option either to return the
completed forms to the Census and Statistics Department or to have
them collected by census supervisors, said Mr. Topley.
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