PUBLIC TRUST METHODS.
COMMISSION OF "ENQUIRY
my Telegraph.—Own Correspondents
vTELLDvOTOX, this day. ah*, tie first week in the ri*£* ion to invest,?a 'L the .„ Publlc T«st Department* methods will com*2« to take evidence. The public has f° to send criticisms and sug•fSjTbSring on the subjects of the Macintosh. of Swton, -who with 5Tr Hosking. K.C., 3 DinTedin. constitute* the Commission. ■\r- jiaciutoah informs mc that there will "J no sitting outside Wellington. The department is centralise,! here, and every>\X&t the Commissioners -*-ant to know 11 he available at the head office. Their j -;«s are to report as to whether nates in the hands of the Public Tros- .* are efßciently adrcmistered. whether xh» moneys ia "the department's hands n Te eaiisfactorfly invested, the realisations properly con-ductr-i-l. and whether th» affairs of the native race entrusted to" the department are carefully and eitisfaotorilT managed. Staffing of the offices, the"constitution of the Public Trcst Board, bookkeeping methods and tbe conduct of legal business by the department's officers are also matters to be investigated. Tn connection with the latter the secretaries of t he land societies jn each centre have been invited to make representations to the Cotrimis&ion, and jt is understood that complaints are made by the legal profession in this matter. ATI evidence is to be confidential and "the Commi-ssioners do not anticipate a long inquiry.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 311, 30 December 1912, Page 11
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