S.I. No. 101/1969:

STATISTICS (CENSUS OF PRODUCTION) ORDER, 1969.

STATISTICS (CENSUS OF PRODUCTION) ORDER, 1969.

The Taoiseach, in pursuance of the powers conferred by section 16 (1) of the Statistics Act, 1926 (No. 12 of 1926), and the Statistics Acts, 1926 and 1946 (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 142 of 1949 ), hereby orders as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1969.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. This Order applies to each of the following undertakings, that is to say, the industries, trades and businesses specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto.

4. Statistics (in this Order referred to as the statistics) relating to the undertakings to which this Order applies shall be collected in the year 1969 of the several matters set out in Part II of the Schedule hereto.

5. The forms to be used in the collection of the statistics shall be the forms indicated in Part III of the Schedule hereto, a set of which, sealed with the Official Seal of the Taoiseach, has been deposited in the Department of the Taoiseach.

6. The person by whom returns are to be made and information is to be given, for the purpose of the statistics, in respect of any undertaking to which this Order applies, shall be the person by whom the undertaking is carried on, and on whom a sufficient requisition under section 8 (1) of the Statistics Act, 1926 , is made.

SCHEDULE

PART I

INDUSTRIES, TRADES AND BUSINESSES

Mining and Quarrying

Extraction of Coal and other minerals and Turf, including prospecting and the preparation of sites.

Manufacturing Industries

The mechanical or chemical transformation of inorganic or organic substances into new products, together with associated repair work and the assembly of component parts of manufactured products.

Construction

Construction and maintenance of Works by Railways, Local and other Public Authorities including Building, Sewerage and Drainage Works, Waterworks, Canals, Harbours and Docks, Highways and Bridges and other Works of a like nature.

Electricity, Gas and Water.

Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric energy; Manufacture of Gas in Gas Works; Water Supply and Distribution.

Laundry, Dyeing and Cleaning Trades

PART II

The subject matter of this Part relates (save where the context otherwise requires) to the year 1968.

INFORMATION, RETURNS AND PARTICULARS

(A) For undertakings in respect of which a sufficient requisition under section 8 (1) of the Statistics Act, 1926 , is made on one or more of the forms specified in Part III (A) of this Schedule.

No. 1.--Particulars of Establishment.

(a) Trading name.

(b) Full name or names of proprietor or proprietors, if not a limited company.

(c) Full postal address or addresses of establishment or establishments.

(d) Telephone number.

(e) Address of registered office, if a limited company.

(f) Principal activities carried on.

(g) Particulars of ownership.

No. 2.--Changes in Fixed Capital Assets during the Year

(a) Increases in Fixed Capital Assets distinguishing separately:

(i) Cost of purchased plant, machinery and equipment (excluding vehicles) installed.

(ii) Cost of vehicles purchased.

(iii) Cost of work carried out by firm's own staff on plant, machinery and equipment, buildings (including extensions and substantial alterations) and other construction work.

(iv) Cost of work carried out by contractors on buildings (including extensions and substantial alterations) and other construction work.

(v) Cost of buildings (other than those at (iii) and (iv) purchased.

(vi) Cost of land acquired.

(vii) Cost of other fixed capital assets.

(b) Decreases in Fixed Capital Assets during the year, distinguishing separately:

(i) Value of sales of plant, machinery and equipment.

(ii) Value of sales of vehicles.

(iii) Value of sales of buildings.

(iv) Value of sales of land.

(v) Value of sales of other fixed capital assets.

No. 3.--Stocks and Work in Progress

The value at the beginning and end of year of (a) stocks of materials, (b) work in progress, (c) stocks of finished goods made by the establishment ready for sale, and (d) stocks of goods purchased for resale without further processing.

No. 4.--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 work done on materials provided by others; amounts received for repairs done for others.

No. 5.--Materials, etc., Used

Quantities and costs at the works of all materials used in producing or manufacturing the products of which particulars are required under No. 4 above, or used in all repair work done during the year; cost of containers and other packing materials sold with the goods.

No. 6.--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. 4 above.

No. 7.--Fuel, Electricity, etc., Used during the Year

Particulars of the cost at works of the different kinds of fuel, oils and electricity, etc., used during the year are required.

No. 8.--Persons Employed

A.--Number of persons actually at work or on holidays with pay in the industry, trade or business during the pay week or any part of the pay week ended 19th October, 1968, or nearest representative date, distinguishing males and females and those under 18 years of age and those 18 years of age and over.

Administrative, Clerical and Technical Staff

(a) Proprietors working in the business.

(b) Managerial, technical and other salaried staff, including directors working in the business, managers, accountants, company secretaries, travelling agents, etc.

(c) Clerical and other office staff, including clerks, typists, book-keepers, etc.

Wage-earners (not Outside Piece-workers)

(d) Industrial workers at the factory, works, etc. (including foremen)

(e) Storekeepers, cleaners, messengers, packers, carters, etc.

Wage-earners (Outside Piece-workers)

(f) Where, in addition to the above, workers are employed in their own homes, the approximate number employed during the week ended 19th October, 1968.

B.--Total number of wage-earners (not outside piece-workers) corresponding to (d) and (e) above--actually at work or on holidays with pay and the aggregate hours actually worked by them during certain specified weeks in 1968, or nearest representative date.

No. 9.--Salaries and Wages Paid and Hours Worked

(a) Salaries--Total amount paid during the year to managerial, technical, clerical and other office staff i.e., to such persons of the kind mentioned in No. 8A (b) and (c) (amounts drawn by proprietors of unincorporated concerns working in the business are not be be included).

(b) Wages and Earnings--Wages paid during the year to wage-earners including outside piece-workers, i.e., to persons of the kind mentioned in No. 8A (d), (e) and (f), distinguishing payments made to outside piece-workers from payments made to wage-earners who are not outside piece-workers.

(c) Weekly Earnings and Hours Worked--Total earnings of, and hours actually worked by clerical and other office staff and by wage-earners (not outside piece-workers) of the kind mentioned in No. 8A (c), (d) and (e) in the pay week ended 19th October, 1968 or nearest representative date, distinguishing males and females and those under 18 years of age and those 18 years of age and over.

(d) Distribution of Employees by Earnings--Number of wage-earners (not outside piece-workers) with specified earnings in the pay week ended 19th October, 1968 or nearest representative date, distinguishing males and females and those under 18 years of age and those 18 years of age and over.

No. 10.--Other Labour Costs

The amount of charges or costs in the year for employers' contributions to superannuation funds; payments of pensions other than those paid out of the funds; redundancy payments; employers' contributions under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1968 and the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 ; other labour costs.

(B) For undertakings in respect of which a sufficient requisition under section 8 (1) of the Statistics Act, 1926 , is made on the form specified in Part III (B) of this Schedule.

No. 1.--Description of business.

No. 2.--Value of goods made and work done and charges made for work done on customers' own materials and for repair and jobbing work done during the year.

No. 3.--Cost of materials, including ingredients, fuel, oil, gas, electricity, containers and other packing materials sold with the goods of which particulars are required under No. 2 above.

No. 4.--Persons engaged.

Number of persons actually at work or on holidays with pay in the industry, trade or business during the pay week ended 19th October, 1968 or nearest representative date, distinguishing males and females and those under 18 years of age and those 18 years of age and over.

Administrative, Clerical and Technical Staff

(a) Proprietors working in the business.

(b) Managerial, technical, clerical and other office staff, including directors working in the business, managers, clerks, typists, book-keepers, travelling agents etc.

Wage-earners (not Outside Piece-workers)

(c) Industrial workers at the factory, works, etc. (including foremen).

(d) Storekeepers, cleaners, messengers, packers, carters, etc.

Wage-earners (Outside Piece-workers)

(e) Where, in addition to the above, workers are employed in their own homes the approximate number employed during the week ended 19th October, 1968.

No. 5.--Wages and salaries paid during the year.

PART III

(A)--For undertakings for which the information, returns and particulars prescribed in Part II (A) of this schedule are required.

(B)--For undertakings for which the information, returns and particulars prescribed in Part II (B) of this Schedule are required.

Form No. C.I.P. 68/61--General Return.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Taoiseach, this 3rd day of June, 1969.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this instrument is to enable a statutory Census of Industrial Production to be taken relating to the year 1968, to define its scope and to require that returns be furnished to the Central Statistics Office covering all undertakings in respect of which the prescribed forms have been issued.