DAIRY INDUSTRY

Northern Advocate, 3 May 1934, Page 6

DAIRY INDUSTRY

BOYAL COMMISSION SCOPE OF INQUIRY • TWELVE SPECIFIC QUERIES. reduced output included. T (Special to “Northern Advocate.”! WELLINGTON, This Day. When, the Government made its first announcement of a Royal Commission to investigate problems of the dairy industry, seven points were enumerated by the Prime Minister as being the matters which should be covered by the inquiry. The order of reference aa e ’ finally framed is more extensive, for there arc now 12, specific questions, "Which include consideration of the possibility of reducing the output of dairy produce, and also the adequacy of the legislation under which the Dairy Board is operating. The specific points submitted to the Commission are as follows: — (1) The existing relationship between the production of dairy produce / in New Zealand and the demand for such produce in New Zealand, or in the existing markets overseas. (2) The practicability of extending existing markets and of establishing new markets. (3) The desirability or otherwise of varying the proportions existing between different classes of manufactured dairy produce 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 and cheese. (5) The desirability or otherwise of reducing the total output of dairy produce by the utilisation for other purposes of lands that are now being used, or are intended to be used, for dairy farming. (6) The methods generally followed ill the industry in the production of raw products or of manufactured products, and any practicable improvement of these methods, or any of them that could be adopted with advantage. (7) The sufficiency or otherwise of monetary returns for the use of capital ox labour received by the persons directly or indirectly engaged in the industry. (8) The manner in which charges on the proceeds of the industry can best be reduced, having regard to the interest of the dairy farmers and the workers engaged in the industry in the production of raw materials, or persons engaged in the manufacture of 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 affording further assistance for the maintenance and reasonable development of the industry, and the m cans by which any such assistance can be afforded. (10) The methods that should be adopted for the purpose of securing proper co-operation between persons engaged 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, 1.008, and the Dairy Produce Export Control Act, 1923, having regard to the special conditions now affecting the industry. The commission is directed to complete its report by .Tune Hi.'