ROYAL COMMISSION

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 103, 3 May 1934, Page 12

ROYAL COMMISSION

ORDER OF REFERENCE

COMPREHENSIVE INQUIRY

A complete investigation of the problems confronting the dairying industry is provided for in the Order of Reference which has been prepared for the guidance of the Royal Commission recently appointed by the Government to carry out the examination. The Order of Reference was made available for publication, today by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. G. W. 3Torbes).

. The Commission is to "inquire into and report upon the condition of tho dairy industry in. New Zealand and upon, all such, matters incidental or relevant thereto as it may think proper, with a view to tho enactment by the General Assembly of New Zealand of such, further legislation in relation to the said industry as will best promote the interests of-the persons engaged therein and the general economic welfare of New Zealand; and, in particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing authority, to inquire, into and report upon the- following matters, namely:— ■

1. The existing relationship between tho production of dairy produce in New Zealand and the demand for such, produce in New Zealand or in existing overseas markets. 2. The practicability of extending existing markets and of establishing new markets. 3. The desirability or otherwise of varying the proportions existing between the different classes of manufactured dairy produce produced for local or for overseas markets. 4. The economic practicability -of the utilisation of raw dairy products for purposes other than the manufacture of butter or cheese. 5. The desirability or otherwise of reducing the total output of dairy produce by the utilisation for other purposes of lands that arc-now being used or are intended to be used for dairy farming. - 6. The methods generally followed in the industry in the production of raw products or of manufactured products, and any practicable improvements of those methods or any of them that could be. adopted with advantage. 7. The, sufficiency or otherwise of the monetary returns for the use of capital or labour received by persons directly or indirectly engaged in the industry. 8. The manner in which charges on i the proceeds of the industry can best be reduced, having regard to the interests of dairy farmers and of workers engaged in the industry in the production of raw products, of persons engaged in the manufacture of i dairy produce, and of persons,having capital invested by way of mortgage or otherwise in the industry or in any ! enterprise associated with the industry.

, 9. The desirability or otherwise of «ffording further- assistance for the maintenance and reasonable development of the industry, and the means by which any such assistance can best be- afforded. 10. The methods that should. be adopted for the purpose of securing proper co-operation between persons engaged in New Zealand in the production, manufacture, sale, or distribution of dairy produce and of persons similarly engaged elsewhere. 11. Methods that may reasonably be adopted for promoting an increased consumption in New Zealand or elsewhere of raw or of manufactured dairy produce. 12. The adequacy of the provisions of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, and the Dairy Produce Export Control Act, 1923, having regard .to the - special conditions now afiecting the industry. The Commission is to report by June 16. . ■