ABSTRACT
Current Taiwanese agricultural statistical reporting is, in general, very comprehensive. This is both because of the methodical data collection system initiated on Taiwan by the Japanese prior to 1945 and because of the capacity for developed statistical collection that the Nationalists brought with them from China. The statistical system of Taiwan Province is organized along the same lines as the Chinese system. The Bureau of Statistics, headed by the Director-General of Budget Accounts and Statistics, is the central body around which all statistical collection is organized. This bureau is responsible for carrying out island-wide agricultural and population censuses every five years. The Bureau of Statistics also publishes regular statistical reports, such as the annual Statistical Yearbook of Taiwan, based on material gathered by the specialized ministries. The bureau generally oversees statistical collection at all levels of the bureaucracy, although it is not responsible for actual collection of any statistical data except for census material.
