INLAND WATERWAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 9

INLAND WATERWAYS.

(By Telegraph.—Special tn ' SUr.")

WELLL-WTON. this day. The formal appointment of Messrs-. Wm. Fci-fTU-'ou. Ivvan P;irry. v.nd .'. K. WaL-on .i~ :i commission tn inquire intn and report :i.> u> the estsibli.-rtinpiii of a system ')! .aiuils and inland valiTway*. and uLheruUe iin.proTirrjr the means "f transport in the Awklnml rftstnet, set? ou'. the following -f"i:i! items: — I. Wh-.it should lie llie ruui-e or routes of one or more ranais? •i. The »lim<-n>ion» of the.-c finals and the p.|a*S »f vessel.- to navipil-o the.m- ---:; The chara.eter ami quantity i>f probable truili.- ihrrenn. and the n-K'nur to bo derived therefrom. !. ■The r.-timatod cost, of wn-rks eon sidcred necessary-. .">. The T\r>rkincr expenses thereof, including muinteTuwu-e. interest and r-ink i inpr fund. f>. What effei-t (he constmet inn of .1 ca.na.l or ra.tui!< will lrave upnn the revenue of 1 ho 1 in\ rrnnrtent. railway?. 7. The .vimindent work.- neees.-a.ry to enable the can.il-* to be fully dwpjopod wharves nnd store*. S. .\-' t» llie form of finntrol r>r man ac-ement. <"f :iny rJlfli wnrk»< the C-nni mission may rei-onrmen«l. Ji. iii'lhr lin.-inve. nin.-i nicl ion ard mainlenamf ihe.reof. |fl. As to whet.her arir ooih'eßSlOTi should Iv In- I hi- pi-neral li.nernmerL or loe,il "■overtiinp aut.horit ie>. 11. As tn whether the a/jjai-ent, dis iriei* riiould l>e subject in ratinp i» pro vido'a. p«n.P.ini«- for loan* ■*"•'"'* ,l11 P' h; be iwwe«sary to proM-i,- fund-, fur .-on strw-tirm ».nd ;fc- t-i> wtioinrr t.hr>.-e dustrietf should bo rated to pn vide fnr losses in wortinf:. ]j. \A - helher a bridge should !"■ ■"" strucl.ed ar.rnss l.lie Wailomata H:iJ-rKiiir, tn fonneet t.lie city of Ane.kla.nd unl.h ,the norl.hem districts, and. p-.nerally. vo inquire into and report upon --,ii-ell other matters as mny come under notice in tJie course of inqiiirie.-. and wliii-Jl thfl Cnminission tsnendT*! should be investigated.