How to denote possession with "Bureau of Statistics"

Question

When denoting possession with Bureau of Statistics, does one use "Bureau's of Statistics" or "Bureau of Statistics'"?

E.g.

according to the Bureau's of Statistics Consumer Price Index

according to the Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index

Perhaps surprisingly, How to indicate possession by e.g. passers-by, mothers-in-law does cover this. — Andrew Leach, Apr 16 '13 at 13:05
I believe that answer leaves it ambiguous in this particular case, as the accepted answer is: "Also add an apostrophe followed by an s to the end of a singular compound noun that ends in any letter except s" Does this simply imply in the alternate case, to add an apostrophe after the s? — lilster, Apr 16 '13 at 22:43
Yes. The final word in the compound noun gets pluralised and "possessivised" in the normal way. — Andrew Leach, Apr 17 '13 at 06:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 16 '13 at 13:01

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The second form:

according to the Bureau of Statistics' Consumer Price Index

edited Apr 16 '13 at 13:01

RegDwigнt

answered Apr 16 '13 at 09:19

jatotterdell

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