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BRITISH GUIANA.

No.

8 of 1960. j 4 r" ..., '-' ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Made Under THE CENSUS ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 64).

UNDER SECTION 2 (1) OF THE CENSUS OR'OINANCE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS : - This Order may be cited as the Census (Rupununi) Order, 1960.

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

IntCQ>reta• tlon.

Cap.

S6 Census Day.

4.

The returns shall be completed by enumerators appointed by the Census Officer in accordance with the provisions of the Census 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.

Returns to be completed bv enumerators Cap.

64 5.
Information tor the purpose of the census with respect to the persons referred to in article 4 of this Order shall be furnished by - (a) (b) (c) the person with respect to whom the returns are to be completed; the householder or person in charge of every private dwelling with respect to all persons who pass census night on the premises of that dwelling; the proprietor or manager of every club, hotel, boarding house, common lodging house, boarding school, or hostel with respect to all persons who pass census night on the premises of those places; Persons by whom infor mation is to be furnished.
Price : I / 2d To be purchased from the Government Information Services, Georgetown, British Guiana, and from the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrators, 4, Millbank, London, S.W.I.

Particulars to be stated in the returns.


l (d) (e) the chief resident officer of every public or private h< ,s pital, sanatorium, nursing homei poor-house, religious or charitable home, industrial school, or other institution with respect to all p~rsons who pass census night on the premises of those places; the officer in charg~ of everv oolice station.

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lock up, or other place of detention with respect to all per sons who pass census night on the premises of those places.

(a) 6.
(a) 6.

The particulars to be stated in the returns shall be as follows- in respect of every private dwelling.

the kind of dwell ing and the number of rooms therein, the date of first occupancy, the tenancv status of the occupier, the rental.

the water supply and the toilet facilities; in respect of.

every person, (i) the name, relationship to head of homehold, sex, age; race, religion, marital status, (b) (ii) place of birth, normal place of residence.
duration of residence in the district, (iii) highest level of education attained, (iv) main activity (economic or uneconomic) during the twelve months precedin~ census day, number of months worked during the twelve months pre ceding census day, whether working for the first time during the twelve months preceding census day, main occupation during the twelve months preceding census day, whether employed during the week• preceding census day, employment status, name and type of business of employer; in respeet of females, (i) number of children born alive, (ii) age at birth of first child born alive, (iii) children born alive during the twelve months pre ceding census day, (iv) under 45 years of age, type of union and duration of such union, (c) (v) over 45 years of age, type of union at 45 years of age and duration of that union at that age; in respect of children attending school, the name and denomination of the school in which enrolled; in rC6pect of every child born on or after the 1st November, 1959 - (d) (e) (i) the date of birth, place of birth and whether born in a hospital or nursing home, the place where the birth is registered and the date of registration of birth.
.. 3 w6 4€5 {ii) the names of the father name of the mother, mother, the rank or profession and mother, the maiden the ages of the fathor and of the father, (iii) (iv) whether triplets, it is a single birth, one of twins or one of (v)whether the name has been entered in the register of births, or bas been used in baptism but not or has not yet been used, entered in the register (vi) the place of normal residence (vii)if baptised, the name of the church in which of the parents, baptised.
(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 the income groups to which the members of the Card" belong as specified in the "Income district, household form set out in the first schedule 1960. lations, to the Census Regula­ Made in Council this 13th day of January, 1960.

IV AN H. SEELIG, Clerk to the Executive Council (Acting).

(M.P.
(M.P.

G. 323/56 III (3) ).

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