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that contiguous alternate licenses should be granted to the sixteen clubs named below—that is to say, Pakuranga H.C. to be granted the license the first year, and Waikato H.C. the following season, and so on, in. rotation in accordance with the accompanying table. This will give hunters an opportunity of competing annually within a reasonable distance of their headquarters, and equally assist the financial position of each club. North Island. FIRST SEASON. SECOND SEASON. Pakuranga H.C. Waikato H.C. Hawke's Bay H.C. Poverty Bay H.C. Dannevirke H.C. Woodlands H.C. North Taranaki H.C. Egmont-Wanganui H.C. Rangitikei H.C. Manawatu H.C. South Island. FIRST SEASON. SECOND SEASON. Brackenfield H.C. Christchurch H.C. Waimate District H.C. South Canterbury H.C. Birchwood H.C. Otago H.C. Applications were also received from the following clubs : — Waikanae H.C. : Not registered with the New Zealand Hunts Association. No pack of hounds. Wairarapa H.C. : Not registered with the New Zealand Hunts Association. No pack of hounds. Our preference and selection in each class, as indicated in the foregoing recommendations, have been arrived at after exhaustive investigation into, and careful consideration of, the claims of the several clubs. We recommend that all clubs erecting fencing on the inside of racing or trotting tracks, and all clubs at any time renewing their present fencing, should be required to adopt the pattern set forth in Schedule 10 of the Gaming Commission's report of 1910, unless special reasons can be shown to the contrary. We would further strongly urge that no license be issued to use the totalizator until reasonable progress has been made with the improvements suggested in the Second Schedule to our report. The Commission travelled 10,200 miles, an average of 134 miles per day. We have attached to our report informative schedules giving particulars which may prove interesting, viz. : First Schedule, showing the fifteen racing clubs recommended for licenses, where their meetings are held, and the tenure and distance of their courses ; Third Schedule, showing the eight trotting clubs recommended for licenses, and where their meetings are held ; Fourth Schedule, showing the hunt clubs recommended for licenses, and where their meetings are held ; and the Fifth Schedule, with our report on the courses and appointments of the racing and trotting clubs not recommended for licenses. We cannot conclude our report without placing on record our high appreciation of the valuable assistance rendered to us by Mr. J. D. Gray, who acted as secretary to the Commission. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this thirtieth day of April, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. George Hunter, Chairman. T. H. Davey.