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1947 NEW ZEALAND

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL COMMITTEE SPECIAL REPORT IN RELATION TO LIME AND FERTILIZER (Mr. ORMOND WILSON, Chairman)

Laid upon the Table of the .House of Representatives

ORDER OF REFERENCE Extract from the Journals of the Mouse of Representatives Thursday, the 16th Day of October, 1947 Ordered, " That it be an instruction to the Agricultural and Pastoral Committee thait it have power to consider — (1) The effect of including the cost of fertilizer, lime and freights thereon in the purchase priee of daisy produce and meats in lieu of the previous practice of meeting part of such costs out of the Dairy and Meat Industry Accounts and out of the Consolidated Fund; (2) To what extent the utilization of back country and marginal land may be retarded by the lack of adequate applications of lime and/or fertilizer at the new costs; and to make such recommendations in connection with these matters as it thinks: fit." REPORT I am directed to report that the Agricultural and Pastoral Committee received evidence from the Stabilization Commission, Dairy Products Marketing Commission, Meat and Dairy Boards, and various farmers' organizations, lime companies, and other bodies, and also from the Departments of Agriculture, Scientific and Industrial Research, and Railways.