ROYAL COMMISSIONS APPOINTED SINCE 1902, AND COST OF SAME.

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1913. NX W ZEALAND.

ROYAL COMMISSIONS APPOINTED SINCE 1902, AND COST OF SAME.

Return to an Order of the House, of Representatives dated the 29th August, 1912. Ordered, " That there be laid fcsfore this House a return showing the number of Royal Commissions appointed since the year 1902, and the cost of same."—(Mr. Bbadney.)

Cost of Commissions appointed from 1st January, 1903, to 29th August, 1912.

Date of Commission. Subject. Cost. Remarks. 1903-4 1903-4 1904 1903 1903 1904 £ s. d. Expenses of Auckland electoral inquiry .. 182 12 3 Inquiry into management of Costley Home .. 192 0 0 Inquiry into certain matters in connection with Te 108 8 0 Akau Block Eeprint of Statutes Act, 1895 .. .. .. 5,625 16 5 Cost of maintenance, &c ., of drainage-works, Mana- i watu Drainage District, County of Kairanga Inquiry into and report upon limits within which 144 2 11 restricted-limits steamships and ships propelled by gas, oil, fuel, electricity, or any power other than steam, may ply, and as to how limits should be divided into river, extended river, and extreme limits Alteration of Borough of Masterton .. .. 4 117 Cost borne by local bodies. 1903 1904 Inquiry into conduct of R. A. Armstrong, Registrar Nil. of Electors, Wairarapa Electoral District Inquiry into conduct of Adam Armstrong, Re- i Nil. turning Officer, Wairarapa Electoral District Inquiry re Licensing Committee elections, Waira- : Nil. rapa Electoral District Inquiry, Auckland Hospital .. .. .. 728 0 0 Inquiry to apportion liability for maintenance of : 159 13 0 roadways for combined road and railway bridges Native Reserves Trusts Commission .. .. 2,364 9 11 Land tenure of colony ..' .. .. 10,377 16 3 Scenery-preservation . . .. .. .. 1,822 0 0 Constitution of Borough of Levin Other expenses paid by local bodies. 1904 1904 1904-5 1904 Costs borne by local bodies. 1905 1904-5 1904-5 1904 1905 1904 Police Commission .. .. .. .. 268 7 8 Inquiry into claims and allegations set out in peti- j 7l5 7 10 ' tion referred to in the Second Schedule to the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904 Masterton' Borough Inquiry re alteration of bound- 3 3 0 aries (1905) 1905

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Cost of Commissions appointed from 1st January, 1903, to 29th August, 1912 — continued.

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Date of Commission. | Subject. Cost. Remarks. 1906 1906 Inquiry at Burnham Industrial School Inquiry into certain matters and claims of J. J. Meikle £ a. d. 558 17 10 2,419 0 4 1905-6 1906 1905 Scenery-preservation Taieri Drainage Commission Financial adjustment between Miramar Borough and Hutt County Council Inquiry into the causes of fires on ships whose cargo consists wholly or partly of wool, flax, tow, or other combustible material, and the measures to be taken to prevent cause Representation Commission .; Nightcaps disaster Inquiry into administration of West Coast Settlement reserves and into charges of usurious interest demanded from Natives Report on Urewera appeals Inquiry into surplus lands in North of Auckland.. Cost of award in the matter of assets and liabilities of Opotiki County Council and Opotiki Town Board Inquiry as to dispute between Eketahuna County Council and Eketahuna Town Board Inquiry under the Timaru Harbour District Act, 1906 1,221 0 0 200 1 0 Cost borne by Hut' County Council. 1906 1,413 16 3 1906 1907 1906 809 14 0 1,121 14 10 35 0 0 1906 1907 1906-7 806 0 0 40 0 0 Costs borne by local bodies. 1906-7 Cost borne by local bodies. Cost borne by Tiro, a r u Harbour Board and Timaru Borough Council. Inclusive of £4,441 paid out of Vote 55, Internal Affairs Depart1907 1907 Inquiry into question of Native land and Native land tenure 9,883 0 0 1908 1907 1908 1908 1909 1909 Cost of inquiry at Te Oranga Home, Christchurch Constitution of Borough of Eastbrook Auckland Electric-tram Brakes Commission Constitution of Borough of Aramoho Police Commission Inquiry re alteration of boundaries of Borough of Hastings Inclusion of parts of Heathcote Road District in City of Christchurch Commission to apportion cost of maintenance of Park drains and outfall Inquiry re financial adjustment between Karori Borough and City of Wellington 278 4 0 23 2 0 148 18 1 3 3 0 1,052 15 6 8 10 6 ment. 1909 Nil. 1909 8 8 0 Cost borne by Karori Borough Council. 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1910 1910 1910 Inquiry in connection with Addington Workshops Timber Commission Proposed alteration of Borough of Hastings Inclusion of Gear Island in Borough of Petone Silting of Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Tramway Brakes Commission Re financial adjustment between Wairarapa, Dannevirke, and Waipukurau Counties and Waipawa Borough Re financial adjustment between Counties of Cook and Waikohu Mines .. .. .. .. ' .. North Auckland Main Trunk Railway Commission Inquiry re certain matters in connection with Christchurch Drainage District Proposed Borough of Ohakune Alteration of Gonville and Castlecliff Tramway District P. Heyes inquiry 707 10 7 2,-577 11 6 8 10 6 1 10 0 1,093 18 0 513 15 4 Cost borne by local bodies. 1910 Cost borne by local bodies. 1911 1911 1910 3,057 10 2 1,310 18 8 Expenses borne by local bodies. 1910-11 .. 1910-11 .. 19 11 6 3 13 6 1910-11 .. 992 2 11

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Cost of Commissions appointed from 1st January, 1903, to 29th August, 1912 — continued.

The above return has been compiled from information supplied by the Departments concerned. J. Hislop, Under-Secretary. Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 12th August, 1913.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,500 copies), £2 12s. 6d.

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Date of Commission. Subject. Cost. Remarks. 1911 1911 (First) Commission re proposed Riccarton Borough Inquiry under the Hawke's Bay Rivers Act, 1910 £ s. d. Nil. 1911 1911 1911 Nil. 770 14 3 Expenses paid by River Board. 1911 Commission re proposed Fendalton Borough Representation Commission Re financial adjustment between Selwyn County Council and Tawera County Council Inquiry into disposition of lands contained in the Kaiapoi Native Reserve Inquiry into matter concerning West Coast settlement reserve leases Western Taranaki Railways Commission Commission on Education 55 0 0 Cost borne by local bodies. 1912 332 0 0 Including printing of report and evidence. 1912 1912 210 4 6 2,275 0 2 1912 1912 1911 1911 1911-12 .. 1911-12 .. 1911-12 .. 1911-12 .. (Second) Commission re proposed Riccarton Borough Inquiry into cost of living in New Zealand Whangarei Abattoir-site Commission Gaming Commission Auckland-Waikato Acclimatization Commission .. Public Service Commission Alteration of boundaries of Borough of Waikouaiti Alteration of boundaries of Borough of Wanganui East Commission re financial adjustment consequent on subdivision of old Selwyn County Inquiry into certain charges against E. H. Baxter (warder), Mount Eden, Auckland, under Civil Service Act, 1908 Nil. 1,855 7 6 55 15 6 1,889 1 4 175 6 2 1,601 0 3 17 0 7 11 17 8 Nil. 1911 182 15 6 Seventy-six Commissions : Total cost to Government £62,445 10 3