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!££.'""- ■*■ - ' ■ '"-■ •< - i»i.--;::..:: i.:,,,:-%tvrr;',,;;rx SrtSr/= »s^ - ££s. .£= ~r- in -- - ~„. .1/. .l/.„.../„.| Ho. ,„„g i. „ „„,, „.,, „„,„, „ whitoho-rt |,1.,.v I T1,,. _ ,«,„, Ii;:: ES&tua? - ■ '■' ~ie ri ™- - 32. Do you hsh outside at all ?—Yes, down the cast generally <■ S-bSs: rJr rz;Xi:^::,-::: ;:;;::: s*- ri ™- * «■• ■» -*- 34. You use poles, and not mud-anchors ?—No We mirin use ~„e ~,- ,„• w v outride. We do not use poles outside. ' g "" ° n€ ° r tW °' W « us« anchors 35 Do you think there is any difference in the velocity of the tide as i, noes out and comes n-I is according to the wind. In a northerly wind it runs much stronger tlum the ebb Tha is in the summer-time when there is no fresh at all. I know that becausf we have often to take We veSy *■ **' " TOU "h *• ,iW? - T -• 87. The Chairman.] I suppose these dead fish are not stinking?— Sometime, they are bee.;,:- £ r^toSri^, 0 - 6 d »" & -~ " 1- S ffil* Statement by Frederick Haywahu. (No. 48.) Mr. Clendon asked for and received permission to hand in the following statement by Frederick Hayward, who could not attend the Commission that day: lam a fisherman la■ L , th-ine for six or seven years Have fish-d a good deal in the Thau,,, River, as far up as Wh elm ,c' wf hsh „ the river for tour or five months, starting in December. The quantity of lish in ,1 die'l, Is is about the same as when I started fishing. Fish has no, decreased in Thames Xiv, ,- 1 „ , consider thai silting has ~, any way affected fishing industry on the Thames The fish we - 1 the river are just as healthy a. those caughl in the gulf, and just as saleable There iTiuTt as much hshmg done in the river as when I started. I hay,- ,„, noticed any difference i the channel oTthe X Sfa ag ? rCgate bUt th *y « '- -dclv ,Hsti mil.,i. i earn about £3 a week hshmg. My earnings sis or seven years ago were about the ;:;::: r :;:; tl •a*- «*. ■ ** « < -«»pS™. yea,,, t^ kj 0 d :,- . '"regard to the bed of the river ,n late years. I, is jus, as soft as formerly The,,, are about mgh tour fishing-launch,, registered ,„, the Thames, but of,ha, number have'" Uv SS S e one°?Li° rty Tnl UnCheS "*" ™ UOTer ' * tha « **< »Sta Ktuatlx hshing at oik- tune. Ihe average number of men per boat is two There are about -, »'U...Led men hshing. I have caught dead fish in my nets. This is due to the nets tb, . wo led mice on the ebb and once on the flow of the tide. If the nets are not lifted before tle tile urns the hsh are droned. Some of the fishermen leave their nets set all the week in one pi a c I y of en -no dead fish „, the gulf, due to the cause mentioned. S eof the settler ,!, e,v- , to work their nets, and this is the cause of many fish being drowned. °

Pakhoa, Monday, 30th Mat, 1910. Mr Mueller: There was a report by Mr. I'erhain which has been mentioned previously I fare had a few copies of it made, and, as promised, I now formally hand one in. [L i i X' 34 In connection also with the evidence given by Mr. Niccol. the secretary of the Silting V soc ation Meof t1 e nd m A a nrU by I 100 «'«"* *«■ *»** ™« < Jof the SZmZi f lhw-s- -\ i J; ' m l whlch the m atter is mentioned. The statement reads as follows Mr. Forrest referred to the statement made by Mr. Barry that it would cos, Zn - ton to teke the tailing out of the river, and said that he would be prcpar ed to move Vhe tailing to he Waih, Plains for Is. per ton, provided no difficulties were raised by the W'ail,i cYmpanf he highest price ever given for moving stuff that did no, require blasting was Is 6d 3tor that Price It was taken tw - three miles, while the price was as low as !),| " Mr MeVeagh: Mr Chairman and gentlemen,-As you are aware, I an, counsel for the Waihi Borough Council, one of the bodies upon which a distinct attack appears to be made by the Term of the Commission which has been addressed to you by the Governor. One „f the mstructTon contained in the Commission ~ to investigate and report whether a proportion of tl c cost o carving out remedial measures should not be a charge against the revenue derived by the local bodies in the vicinity of he rivers from the mines using the watercourse, as sludge-channela Now he c are only two local bodies concerned, the Ohinemuri County Council and the Waihi Borough Council It is therefore quite clear that a suggestion has come from some source for a diversion ol a portion of the revenue which is received by one or both of these local authorities. Therefore the Wa.h. Borough Council finds itself in the position of appearing before you by its counseTwhh a view to explaining why this revenue should not be interfered with. Before I proceed to deal