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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