§ (1) The Registrar-General shall, as soon as may he after the taking of a census, prepare reports on the census returns, and every such report shall be printed and laid before both Houses of Parliament.
§ (2) The Registrar-General may, if he so thinks fit, at the request of any local authority or person, cause abstracts to be prepared containing any such statistical information, being information which is not contained in the reports made by him under this Section and which in his opinion it is reasonable for that authority or person to require, as can be derived from the census returns.
§ Amendment made: In Sub-section (2), after the word "request," insert the words "and cost."—[Dr. Addison.]
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ CLAUSE 5.—(Preparation of statistics in respect of periods between one census and another) ordered to stand part of the Bill.