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AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE QUEBEC BUREAU OF STATISTICS.

(R. S. P. Q., 1925, Vol. 1, c. 18, div. VI).

(Formerly 3 Geo. V, c. 16, amended by 11 Geo. V, c. 23).

Whereas it is in the public interest to establish a Bureau of Pro-
vincial Statistics in order to collect, condense, tabulate and publish
aU sorts of statistics and information respecting agriculture, commerce,
industry, education, colonization and other matters of concern to the.
Province and its inhabitants.
Therefore, His Majesty, with the advice and consent of the Legisla-
tive Council and of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, enacts as
follows:

1. The follcwing division and articles are inserted in the Revised
Statutes, 1925, after division fifth of chapter eighteenth, volume first:

tlDIVJBJON VI

"QUEBEC BUREAU OF STATISTICS"

"30. In this division, unless the context otherwise reqUlres:
1. The word ((Minister" means the Provincial Secretary;

2. The word "Head" means the head of the Quebec Bureau of
Statistics;

3. The word "Bureau" means the Quebec Bureau of Statistics.
"31. There shaH be established under the author,ity of the Pro-
vincial Secretary a permanent bureau caUed tlThe Quebec Bureau of
Statistics", and the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint, for
the good administration of this service, a head of the bureau and the
other necessary officers, clerles and employees whose duty it shaH be,
under the direction of the Minister, to carry out the provisions of this
division and to perform such other duties as may be assigned to them
from time to time by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
"32. The Minister may also employ, from time to time, the staff
of his department or such other persons as may be necessary, to collect,