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1909. NEW ZEALAND.

TIMBER AND TIMBER-BUILDING INDUSTRIES (REPORT OF COMMISSION ON THE); TOGETHER WITH MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS AND OF EVIDENCE.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

COMMISSION.

Plunket, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to James Frederick Arnold, Esquire, M.F., of Dunedin; William Henry Peter Barber, Esquire, of Wellington; Samuel Isaac Clarke, Esquire, of Auckland; Hon. Thomas Young Duncan, M.P., of Oamaru; Henry George Ell, Esquire, M.P., of Christchurch; William Hughes Field, Esquire, M.P., of Wellington; Josiah Alfred Hanan, Esquire, M.P., of Invercargill; William Thomas Jennings, Esquire, M.P., of New Plymouth; William Brack Leyland, Esquire, of Auckland; Francis Mander, Esquire, M.P., of Whangarei; William Morris, Esquire, of Greymouth; and John Stallworthy, Esquire, M.P., of Dargaville : Greeting. Whereas it has been alleged that the conditions under which the timber and timber-building industries are carried on in New Zealand are unsatisfactory, and it is expedient that inquiry should be made with a view to improving the same and generally promoting the development of those industries : Now know ye that, in exercise of the powers conferred by " The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908," and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, do hereby appoint you, the said James Frederick Arnold, William Henry Peter Barber, Samuel Isaac Clarke, Thomas Young Duncan, Henry George Ell, William Hughes Field, Josiah Alfred Hanan, William Thomas Jennings, William Brack Leyland, Francis. Mander, William Morris, and John Stallworthy

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