COST OF COMMISSIONS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 15120, 14 August 1913, Page 9

COST OF COMMISSIONS.

£62,000 IN TEN YEARS., (From Our Special Cokresponbexi.) WELLINGTON, August 12. A'-retum --was submitted to theHouse- of'•■■ Representatives today,, which showed that since 1902 there have been held in the Dominion no fewer than- 76 Commissions, at a total cost to the country of £62,445 10s 3d. A great number of commissions wero small, in both extent and cost, and some, dealing with borough matters involved tho country in no charge at all. The most important inquiries wero the following:— Reprint of statues commission, 1903, £5625. Native Reserves Trust Commission, 1904, £2364. Lands Commission, 1905, £10.377. Scenery Reservation, 1904-5,' £1822. Police Commission, 1905. £268. Maori Land Claims, 1904. £715. Burnham School, 1900, £558. Meikle Inquiry, 1906, £2419. Scenery Preservation, 1905-6, £1221. Taieri Drainage, 1905, £2OO. Fires on Ships, 1900, £1413. Representation, Commission, 1906, £BO9. Nightcaps Disaster, 3907, £ll2l. , Urewera. Appeals. 1906. £306. Native Lands, 1907, £9883. Te Oranga Homo Inquiry, 1908/ £278. : Police Commission, 1909. £1052. .. Addington Workshops, 1909, £207. Timber Commission, 1909, £2577. Waihou and Ohinemuri rivers, 1910, £1093. ■ ' - i ■ Tramway /brakes, 1910, £513. I ; .Mines, 1911, £3057. I North Auckland Main Trunk, 1911, £l3lO. - P. Heyes Inquiry, 1910-11, £992. ■ Representation Comnrssion, 1911. £770. Education Commission, 1912, £2275 Cost of Living, 1912. £1855. Gaming Commission, 1911, £IBB9. - Public Service Commission, 1911-12, 21601-;-