WHEREAS, Commonwealth Act 591 authorizes the Bureau of the Census and Statistics œto prepare for and undertake all censuses of population, agriculture, industry, and commerce,  and Republic Act 2300 sets aside an appropriation for the taking of the 1960 censuses of population and agriculture;

WHEREAS, in order to prepare for the forthcoming censuses, it is deemed necessary to have beforehand basic data upon which the proper statistical frames may be drawn;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I do hereby order that a preliminary enumeration of all dwellings in each barrio or district of every chartered city, municipality, or municipal district, in accordance with the plans of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics be undertaken by the chief executive thereof, or in their absence, by the officials acting in their stead, who will be assisted by the members of the city boards or municipal councils and by the policemen and barrio lieutenants, and the result of such enumeration shall be reported directly to the Director of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics on or before October 31, 1959. In this preliminary enumeration, the dwellings should be provided with proper numbers that can be seen conspicuously from the outside and should be grouped by street, barrio, district, or other convenient political subdivision.

The Bureau of the Census and Statistics is hereby charged with the implementation of this Order and to issue the necessary rules and regulations therefor.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth.


By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary