IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20493, 11 March 1932, Page 13

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

— COLLECTION OP STATISTICS. ' (PSBSa ASSOCIATION TF.LEGBVaI ) WELLINGTON, March 10. The Government proposes shortly fully to consider the policy that New Zealand will adopt at the Imperial Conference at Ottawa, and to assist in the formulation of its plans the latest available particulars as to the exact nature of the articles manufactured in the Dominion, and the extent of the production of them, are to be obtained. The Government regrets that manufacturers should at the present time be asked to supply fuller information respecting their industries. It would have liked to be in a position to use the details supplied under the Census Act, but that information was supplied on the understanding that it was absolutely confidential and not to be disclosed by the Government Statistician to any department or person. Furthermore, the returns for the year which ends on March 31st are not due until June 30th and would be too late for use for the purpose now required. After consultation with the president of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation it has been decided to ask each manufacturer to send to the Comptroller of Customs at Wellington as soon as possible, but not later than April 15th, a statement enumerating specific particulars respecting the industry carried on by him during the I' latest period of twelve months for which the information can be supplied.