Western Australian Current Acts

STATISTICS ACT 1907 - SECT 8

8 .         Statistics to be collected

                The Statistician shall, subject to the regulations, collect, annually, statistics in relation to all or any of the following matters:

            (a)         Population;

            (b)         Immigration and emigration;

            (c)         Vital statistics;

            (d)         Social statistics;

            (e)         Factories and manufacturing industries; detailing nationality of proprietor, and number and nationality of employees;

            (f)         Wages;

            (g)         Employment and non-employment;

            (h)         Imports and exports;

                  (i)         Shipping;

            (j)         Railways and tramways;

            (k)         Posts, telegraphs, and telephones;

            (l)         Banking, insurance, and finance;

            (m)         Land tenure and occupancy;

            (n)         Agricultural, pastoral, and kindred industries;

            (o)         Mining (including quarries);

            (p)         Forestry;

            (q)         Fisheries;

            (r)         Local government;

            (s)         Water conservation and supply;

            (t)         Any other prescribed matters.