Statistics Regulations 1927 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1928. No. 3.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ACT 1905-1920.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Census and Statistics Act 1905-1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventeenth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. W. C. MARR

Minister of State for Home and Territories.

 

Statistics Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 1.)

Form XXXVI in the Schedule to the Statistics Regulations is repealed and the following form inserted in its stead:—

Form XXXVI.

Town— State—

District or Suburb— Office No. R.P.—

Weekly House Rent.

Particulars required under the Census and Statistics Act 1905-1920.

Name of Agent—

Address—

This slip is to be posted to the Commonwealth Statistician, Melbourne, in one of the enclosed envelopes which need not be stamped.

In filling up this form, please follow instructions carefully.

Instructions For Filling In Form.

It has been decided to adopt a different basis for the collection of house rents. Formerly House Agents were instructed to furnish particulars of predominant rents. In future the information required will be the weighted average rent. In order to arrive at the weighted average rent, House Agents are requested to adopt the following procedure, viz.: If, for example, an Agent in collecting rent in respect of, say, 50 four-roomed wooden houses and the number and rentals of these houses are—

10	at	10s.,	equals	100s.
20	at	15s.,	equals	300s.	50, 820 (equals 16s. 5d.)
10	at	20s.,	equals	200s.
10	at	22s.,	equals	220s.
50	820s.

the computation shown above discloses that the weighted average of the rental paid by the 50 tenants is 16s. 5d., and that would be the rental to be furnished on the form below for houses of wood having four rooms, Similarly

1511.—PRICE 3d.

 

the weighted average rental of each other class should be ascertained. It will still be necessary for House Agents to exclude houses having exceptional conveniences on the one hand, or old or dilapidated houses on the other.

Note.—Kitchens should be included as rooms but not pantries or bathrooms.

Maintenance of Secrecy.—Your returns will be regarded as strictly confidential and will not be disclosed in any way. All the returns received will be put together so as to produce general statistical results only.

Return for 15th November, 19

Nature of House.	4. rooms		5 rooms		6 rooms.
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Wooden.........................
Brick..............................

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.