Numb 30. 981

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1928.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1928.

Commission to inquire into and report as to the Transport
of Passengers in the Auckland Metropolitan District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to John Saxon Barton, Esquire, of Wanganui, Stipendiary Magistrate; William George Toop Goodman, Esquire, of Adelaide, in Australia, Traffic Manager; and Alfred Edward, Esquire, of Sydney, in Australia, Retired Superintendent of Traffic. GREETING:

WHEREAS it is expedient that inquiry should be made into the transport of passengers in the Auckland Metropolitan District, as defined in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said district”), and into the working of the existing laws affecting such traffic, and into the necessity or expediency of making fresh legislative provision for such transport, and into such questions arising thereout as are hereinafter more particularly set forth:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby constitute and appoint you, the said

John Saxon Barton,
William George Toop Goodman, and
Alfred Edward,

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters:—

1. The present transport services of the said district;
2. The present and future transport requirements of the said district;
3. The means by which such requirements may best be provided for;

And in particular the following matters:—

(a) The adequacy, efficiency, and suitability of the existing transport system maintained by the Auckland City Council, and other existing transport services, as regards administration, equipment, working, and financial provisions:

(b) The working and effect in the said district of the provisions of the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926, and the regulations made thereunder:

(c) The working and effect in the said district of other statutes and regulations affecting vehicular transport:

(d) The suitability for the said district of motor-omnibus transport either in conjunction with or as an adjunct to tramway transport:

(e) The most suitable form of transport for localities within and localities beyond the tram termini; and whether services for such localities should be feeder-services or through services or a combination of both; and whether and to what extent such services should be conducted by local bodies or any other public management or by private enterprise; and whether and to what extent such services should be under the control of local bodies or any other public control:

(f) The desirability of establishing a Transport Board for the said district or any part thereof; and, if so, with what constitution, with what powers of control, with what powers of undertaking transport services, and with what means of obtaining funds for its purposes; and whether such Board, if