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1910. NEW ZEALAND.

WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS (REPORT OF COMMISSION APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO SILTING OF); TOGETHER WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND EXHIBITS.

Presented t<i both Houses of the, General Assembly by command of Uin Excellency,

INDEX TO REPORT.

Page Boundary-limits of Ohinemuri [ .. .. ix Thames County jurisdetion aud of Thames Harbour Board ix Borough Council, VVaihi, aud gol i duu .. xxvi rental and overdraft .. xxvi . „ and Paeroa-Waihi Koad xxvii Commission.. .. .. .. .. iii Compensation, compassionate .. .. xiv source of .. .. .. xiv scale of, and of partial los- .. xiv temporary loss, none .. .. xiv contributory negligence of farmers xiv County Council, Piako .. .. .. X xiv Ohinemuri, and gold duty .. xxvii County of Ohinemuri and rating area .. .. xxvii Cost of works proposed, estimate 6160 000 .. xxviii annual expenditure, estimate £10,000 .. xxviii Cyanides present in rivers .. .. x ii Damage, personal investigation by C mmissiouers vii Disposal of tailings, sundry schemes .. .. xviii Dlvi rsions of rivers .. .. .. ~ xviii Waihou River, Ngararabi to Te Koutou cut .. .. .. xxii Ohinemuri River, Pereniki's Bend cut xxi Waihou River to Piako River, danger of .. .. .. .. xvii Drainage, Gordon Settlement and Shaftesbury .. xv Ecard .. ~ XX viii Dredging river, required in Waihou, north of Te Puke xvi „ rivirs .. .. ~ ~ xviii Thames Harbour, probable .. .. xvi required generally .. .. .. xx Dredges, suction, required .. .. .. xxiii Execution of work by Public Works Department, proposed .. .. .. .. 11 xxiv Floods, upper Waihou .. .. .. x at Paeroa and opposite Paeroa xii below Paeroa .. .. x jj natural .. .. ; x synchronous .. vjjj Flood-gates .. .. .. .. xx Finanoe .. .. .. .. .. xjjx

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Fishing industry .. .. .. _ _ xx j x Gold fluty bear half-cost of propos* <1 works .. xxiii revision of distribution .. .. xxvii Harbour, Thames, district of .. .. .. xx j v Interests represented at inquiry .. .. v Inquiry, prior, in 1907 .. .. .. V ii Komata Creek .. .. xx Land areas affected .. .. .. x \\\ „ survey of areas affocted .. .. xiii Lands, damage done to .. .. .. x iii total destruction of .. .. », x jij „ partial destruction of .. .. .. x iii temporary damage to .. .. .. x jij Native .. .. ~ xx j rates should be collectoa .. xxvii Logs, sunken, to be removed from bed of river and charged for .. .. .. xx jjj Meanders, Ohinemuri River .. .. .. x . Mining ddbris, deposit of, in river .. .. X x Navigation .. ~ , ' xv „ - effect of tailings on .. .. xv extent of, in Ohinemuri River in 1895 xv upper Wait.ou .. .. .. xv, xvii termination below Te Puke in future, proposed ~ .. .. xx jj Overflow, Awaiti Lagoon, Netherton floods .. viii Plant and appliances required .. .. xx iii Proclamation, revoking .. .. ~ xlx repeal of .. .. . _ xx 1895, sludge channel .. .. x Public evitlr .. .. _ _ _j Rainfall Waihi Basin exoea ive, March (1910) flood viii Rating on mines, proposed .. .. xxviii lands, proposed .. .. .. xxviii Reduction-works existing .. .. .. xv jjj Report submitted .. .. . )\i iiii reference to heads or clauses .. .. jjj clause 1, lands affected .. .. x 2, navigation affected .. .. xv 8, remedial measures .. .. X y n ' » i, finance .. .. xxiii 5, anything else suggested .. xxix