H-46

1948 NEW ZEALAND

SHEEP-FARMING INDUSTRY IN NEW ZEALAND ROYAL COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORT UPON THE (INTERIM REPORTS OF)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon the Sheep-farming Industry in New Zealand

George the Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Ronald Hugh White, of Otane, Sheep-farmer, the Honourable Mr. Richard Eddy, ofWellington, Member of the Legislative Council, Lionel Charington Gardiner, of Waiau, Sheep-farmer, Wallace Fletcher Metcalfe, of Te Araroa, Sheep-farmer, Willis Alan Scaife, of Wanaka, Sheep-farmer, and Howard Wilfred Youren, of Napier, Sheep-farmer : Greeting. WHEREAS We have deemed it expedient that inquiry should be made into the economic position of the sheep-farming industry in New Zealand and the welfare of the persons engaged and employed in such industry