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30 BRITISH GUIANA.

No.

8 of 1960.

• ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Made Under • THE CENSUS ORDINANCE.

(Chapter UNDER SECTION 2 (I) OF THE CENSUS ORvINANCE, IT IS 64).

HEREBY ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:- Short title.

This Order may be cited as the Census (Rupununi) Order, 1960.

Interpret a­ tion.

·Cap.

56 Census Day.
2.In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires - means the period of time between four o'clock "census day" means the 8th February, "census night" in the afternoon "returns" enumerators means the forms provided for the purpose of census 1960; of the census; day and midnight of that day; by the Census Officer to "Rupununi schedule provisions ernment District" means the area described to the proclamation made by the Governor in the third under the of subsection (3) of section on the 26th October, Ordinance 1936; 2 of the District Gov­ 1 • 3.A census for the Rupununi 1960, in respect of all persons District shall be taken on the 8th who are alive at midnight on February, that day.
Returns to h• completed by enumerators Cap.

64 4.The returns shall be completed by enumerators by the Census Officer in accordance Ordinance, with respect to all persons who are alive on census night, and who pass census night at any place on land within the Rupununi District.

with the provisions appointed of.

the Census Persons by whom infot­ mation is to be furnished.
5.Information for the purpose of the census with respect to the persons referred to in article (a)the person with respect 4 of this Order shall be furnished by - to whom the returns are to be completed; (b) the householder dwelling with 11espect night on the premises or person in charge of every private who pass census• to all persons of that dwelling; (c)the proprietor or manager common lodging house, with respect to all persons premises of those places; house, of every club, hotel, boarding boarding or hostel� school, night on the who pass census :� 0 " 31 (d) the chief resident officer of every public nursing home, industrial to all persons school, sanatorium, pital, or charitable with respect premises ( e) the officer of those places; in charge home, poor-house, or private hos­ religious or other institution who pass census night on the station, of every police with respect to all per­ up, or other place of detention sons who pass census night on the premises places.
of those lock­ prison, 6.

The particulars (a)in respect of every private to be stated in the returns shall be as follows- dwelling, ing and the number of rooms therein, occupancy, the tenancy the water supply status of the occupier, facilities; the kind of dwell­ the date of first and the toilet the rental, Particulars to be stated in the returns.
(b) in respect of every person, (i) the name, relationship to head of household, marital age, race, religion, status, sex, (ii)place of birth, normal place of residence, duration of residence (iii) highest level or uneconomic) (iv)main activity (economic in the district, of education attained, during the twelve working the twelve months preceding census day, number of months worked during ceding census day, whether time during the twelve months preceding census day, main occupation preceding the week preceding status, name and type of business census day, employment employed during months pre­ for the first during the twelve months census day, whether of employer; (c) in respect of females, (i)number of children -(ii) age at birth oflirst childoom al1ve, the twelve (iii)children born alive during born alive, months pre­ ceding census day, (iv) under 45 years of age, type of union and duration of such union, (v) over 45 years of age, type of union at 45 years of age and duration (d) in respect of children denomination the name and of the school in which enrolled; (e) in respect of every child born on or after the 1st of that union at that age; attending school, November, 1959 - r ,., I\ Q (i) the date of birth, in a hospital birth is registered birth.
place of birth and whether born home, the place where the or nursing and the date of registration of �, 32 (ii} the names of the father and mother, the maiden • the ages of the father and name of the mother, mothec, (iii)the rank or profession of the father, it is a single birth, one of twins or one of• (iv)whether triplets, (v) whether of births, entered the name has been entered in the register or has been used in baptism but not or has not yet been used, in the register (vi)the place of normal residence (vii)if baptised, baptised.
the name of the church in which of the parents, (viii) the live birth order in the family; (f)in respect of every person in charge of a farm or plot of land, the area of such farm or plot of land; and (g) in respect of every tenth household in an enumeration of the the income groups to which the members Card" belong as specified in the "Income to the Census Regula­ district, household form set out in the first schedule 1960. lations, Made in Council this 13th day of January, 1960.

• IV AN H. SEELIG, (M.P.


G. 323/56 III (3) ).

Clerk to the Executive Council (Acting).

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