S.I. No. 80/1955:

STATISTICS (CENSUS OF PRODUCTION) ORDER, 1955.

STATISTICS (CENSUS OF PRODUCTION) ORDER, 1955.

The Taoiseach, in pursuance of the powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 16 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 ), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby orders as follows :--

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1955.

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 1955 of the several matters set out in Part II of the Schedule hereto.

5. The forms to be used in the collection of the said 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 undertakings to which this Order applies, shall be the person by whom the undertaking is carried on, and to 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.

Food Manufacturing Industries.

Bacon Curing and Manufacture of Sausages and other Pig Meat products ; Wholesale Slaughtering and Dead Meat trade (except Victualling) ; Canning and Preserving of Meat and Manufacture of Meat Products; Manufacture of Creamery Butter, Cheese, Condensed Milk, Milk Crumb, Ice Cream and other edible Milk Products ; Canning and Preserving of Fruit and Vegetables and Manufacture of Preserves, Jams and Jellies, Pickles and Sauces; Grain Milling; Manufacture of Animal Feeding Stuffs ; Manufacture of Bread, Biscuits and Flour Confectionery ; Manufacture and Refining of Sugar ; Manufacture of Cocoa, Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery ; Manufacture of Margarine ; Butter Blending ; Canning and Preserving of Fish ; Manufacture of Compound Cooking Fats, Salad Oils, Baking Powder, Flavouring Extracts, Syrups and Vinegar ; Egg Processing ; Spice Grinding ; Coffee Roasting and Manufacture of Coffee Products ; Salt Processing.

Beverage Industries.

Distilling and Rectifying of Spirits ; Malting ; Brewing ; Manufacture of Aerated and Mineral Waters, Cider, Cordials and Wine.

Manufacture of Tobacco Products.

Textiles.

Linen and Cotton Spinning, Weaving, Printing and Manufactures ; Woollen and Worsted Spinning, Weaving and Manufactures ; Rayon, Nylon, Poplin, Hemp, Jute and Canvas Weaving and Manufactures ; Manufacture of Cordage, Cables, Ropes, Twine and Linoleum.

Apparel.

Manufacture of: Clothing ; Boots and Shoes ; Hosiery ; Hats, Bonnets and Caps ; Corsets ; Underclothing ; Umbrellas and Walking Sticks.

Manufactures of Wood and Cork, except Furniture.

Manufacture of Furniture and Fittings.

Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products.

Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Mills ; Manufactures of Pulp, Paper and Cardboard.

Printing, Publishing and Allied Industries.

Printing and Publishing of Newspapers and Periodicals ; Printing and Bookbinding ; Electro-typing ; Engraving, etc.

Manufacture of Leather and Leather Products.

Tanning and Dressing of Leather ; Fellmongery ; Manufactures of Leather and Leather substitutes.

Manufacture of Rubber Products, including Rubber Footwear.

Manufacture of Chemicals.

Manufacture of: Fertilisers, Soap, Detergents and Candles ; Chemicals and Drugs ; Paints, Colours and Varnishes ; Oils, Grease and Tallow ; Vegetable Oils and Fats ; Glue ; Starch ; Blue ; Ink ; Polishes ; Disinfectants, Insecticides and Weedkillers ; Perfumery and Toilet Preparations; Explosives.

Manufacture of Non-Metallic Mineral Products, Except Products of Petroleum and Coal.

Manufacture of: Glass and Glassware ; Pottery, China and Earthenware ; Cement ; Structural Products of Clay and Concrete (Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, etc.) ; Statuary ; Manufactures of: Asbestos ; Gypsum ; Plaster of Paris ; Plaster ; Lime ; Stone and Slate Dressing.

Basic Metal Industries and Manufacture of Metal Products.

Manufacture of: Iron and Steel ; Iron and Steel and Non-ferrous Metal Products (including Cutlery and Implements).

Machinery, including Electrical Machinery and Electrical Apparatus, Appliances and Supplies.

Manufacture, Assembly and Repair of: Agricultural Machinery ; Dairy Machinery ; Weighing Machinery ; Laundry Equipment ; Electrical Machinery and Appliances, including Heating, Lighting and Refrigerating Appliances ; Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus.

Transport Equipment.

Ship and Boat Building and Repairing ; Railroad Equipment ; Assembly, Construction and Repair of Mechanically and Non-mechanically propelled Road and Land Vehicles and Manufacture of Parts ; Animal-drawn and Hand-drawn Vehicles ; Repairs to Aircraft.

Other Manufacturing Industries.

Manufacture of : Artificial Flowers ; Casein ; Dentures and Denture Bases ; Games, Toys and Sports Requisites ; Musical Instruments ; Articles of Horn or Ivory ; Picture Frames and Fancy Goods ; Brushes and Brooms ; Matches ; Bakelite Articles ; Felt Roofing ; Pencils, Crayons, etc. Typewriting Requisites ; Charcoal ; Kelp ; Combs ; Buttons ; Tobacco Pipes ; Gramophone Records Carrigeen Moss ; Tar and Bitumen Products ; Plastic Products.

Construction.

Building and Contracting and Road 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, Cleaning and Dyeing Trades.

PART II.

The subject matter of this Part relates (save where the context otherwise requires) to the year 1954.

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 address or addresses of manufacturing establishment or establishments.

(d) Telephone number.

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

(f) Principal manufacturing activities.

(g) Whether dealing in goods purchased for re-sale without further processing.

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

(a) Increases in Fixed Capital Assets.

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

(ii) Number and Cost of vehicles purchased.

(iii) Value of plant and machinery made and installed by firm's own workers.

(iv) Value of work done on new buildings (including the cost of extensions or substantial alterations) erected for firm's use.

(v) Cost of Buildings (other than those at (iv) purchased.

(vi) Cost of land acquired.

(b) Decreases in Fixed Capital Assets during the year.

Value of sales of plant, machinery, equipment, land and buildings and Number and Value of sales of vehicles.

No. 3.--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 ; amounts received for repairs done for others.

No. 4.--Materials, Etc., Used.

Quantity and cost at the works of all materials used in producing or manufacturing the products of which particulars are required under No. 3 above, or used in all repair work done during the year ; cost of containers and other packing materials sold with the goods.

No. 5.--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. 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. 3 above.

No. 7.--Persons Employed.

A.--Number of persons engaged in the industry, trade or business during the week ended 16th October, 1954, 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) Salaried employees, including directors working in the business, managers, clerks, typists, book-keepers, travelling agents and all other salaried employees.

Wage-earners (not Outside Piece-workers).

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

(d) Storekeepers, packers, messengers, porters, 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 16th October, 1954.

B.--Total number of wage-earners (not outside piece-workers)--corresponding to (c) and (d) above--actually at work and the aggregate hours actually worked by them during certain specified weeks in 1954, or nearest representative date.

No. 8.--Salaries and Wages Paid and Hours worked.

(a) Salaries--Total amount paid during the year to salaried employees, i.e. to such persons of the kind mentioned in No. 7A (b) (amounts drawn by proprietors of unincorporated concerns working in the business are not to 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. 7 (A) (c), (d) and (e), 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 employees (not outside piece-workers) in the week ended 16th October, 1954, 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 week ended 16th October, 1954, or nearest representative date, distinguishing males and females and those under 18 years of age and those 18 years of age and over.

No. 9.--Total Sales and Purchases.

(a) Net selling value of sales.

(i) Goods made and receipts for work done.

(ii) Goods purchased by the undertaking for re-sale without further processing except packing or bottling.

(b) Cost of all goods purchased.

(i) Materials for use by the undertaking in further manufacture.

(ii) Goods for re-sale without further processing.

No. 10--Certain Supplementary Costs of Production.

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 fund ; employers' contributions under the Social Welfare Act, 1952 ; repair and maintenance by outside contractors on buildings, plant, machinery and other fixed capital assets, including vehicles.

No. 11.--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 ready for sale, and (d) stocks of goods purchased for re-sale without further processing.

(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 engaged in the industry, trade or business during the week ended 16th October, 1954, 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) Salaried employees, including directors working in the business, managers, clerks, typists, bookkeepers, travelling agents and all other salaried employees.

Wage-earners (not Outside Piece-workers).

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

(d) Storekeepers, packers, messengers, porters, 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 16th October, 1954.

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. 54/61--General Return.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of April, 1955.

JOHN A. COSTELLO,

Taoiseach.