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APPENDIX A. 



CENSUS OF PRODUCTION, 1907. 

 Final RefoBT. (Cd. 6320.) 1912. 



Introduction, p. 1 : M The Census of Production Act, 1900, 

 required that a census of production should be taken in the year 

 1908, in respect of the calendar year 1907. Power was given to 

 the Board of Trade to vary this period in cases where it was found 

 inconvenient to furnish the required particulars in respect of the 

 calendar year 1907 ; and, accordingly, persons required to make 

 Returns were informed that, if the financial year of their establish- 

 ment was not the calendar year, they might furnish particulars for 

 a period of twelve months, ending with any date not earlier than 

 June 30th, 1907, or later than June 30th, 1908. It is believed 

 that, taken as a whole, the Returns substantially represent the 

 productive activity of the United Kingdom during the calendar 

 year 1907." 



The Census of Production Office Returns did not cover Agricul- 

 ture, but by special arrangement a voluntary census of agriculture 

 was taken covering the twelve months ended June 4th, 1908, in 

 the case of Great Britain, and the calendar year 1908 in the case 

 of Ireland. Many classes — e.g., persons working on their own 

 account (unless occupiers of workshops) — were not included. 



Pp. 18-19 : " The following table summarises the principal 

 particulars returned to the Census of Production Office regarding 

 the output of the three divisions of the United Kingdom, respect- 

 ing which the Census of Production Act requires that separate 

 statistics shall be published : 



Gross Output or Selling Value of Work done. £ 



England and Wales 1,490.749 000 



Scotland 207,840,000 



Ireland 66,777,000 



United Kingdom £1,765,366,000 



Group of Trades. 

 Gross Output, Selling Value or Value of Work done. £ 



Mines and Quarries 148,026,000 



Iron and Steel, Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades 375,196,000 



Metal Trades, other than Iron and Steel ... ... 93,465,000 



Textile Trades 333,561,000 



Clothing Trades 107.983,000 



Food, Drink, and Tobacco Trades 287,446,000 



Chemical and Allied Trades 75,032,000 



Paper, Printing, Stationery and Allied Trad< -... ... 61,308,000 



Leather, Canvas and India-rubber Trades ... ... 34,928,000 



Timber Trades 46,390,000 



Clav, Stone, Building, and Contracting Trades ... 116,692,000 



Miscellaneous Trades 8,288,000 



Public Utility Services 77,051,000 



Factory Owners — Power only 



Total £1,765,366,000 



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