New Zealand Gazette – 1949 – No. 14

Page 689

✨ Commission Appointment



Num. 14 689

LAND & DEEDS OFFICE
9 MAR 1949
GISBORNE

NEW ZEALAND

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949
Published by Authority

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1949

Commission to Inquire Into and Report Upon the Treatment and Disposal of Sewage in the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

To all to whom these presents shall come and to:

RONALD HENRY QUILLIAM, of the City of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Barrister,
THOMAS BRUCE NICOL, of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer, and
JOHN HOWARD BARNETT, of the City of Wellington, New Zealand, Public Accountant,

GREETING:

WHEREAS questions have arisen as to methods of treatment and disposal of sewage arising in the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage District and the Boroughs of Northcote, Birkenhead, Devonport, and Takapuna, and it is desirable that inquiry should be made into various methods of such treatment and disposal and into the question whether any, and, if so what, legislation is necessary or expedient in order to direct or authorize the employment of the most suitable methods:

Now therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint you the said

Ronald Henry Quilliam,
Thomas Bruce Nicol, and
John Howard Barnett

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters:—
(1) What sewerage, sewage treatment, and sludge-disposal scheme is most suitable to be adopted for the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage District.
(2) Whether the utilization in the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage District of sewage by a composting or any other process is desirable in the public interest.
(3) What, if any, amendment of the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Act, 1944, or of any other legislation, is necessary or expedient in order to direct or authorize the employment of the scheme recommended by you for adoption by the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board.



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🏗️ Appointment of Commission to Inquire Into Sewage Treatment and Disposal

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
9 March 1949
Commission, Sewage Treatment, Disposal, Auckland Metropolitan Drainage District
  • Ronald Henry Quilliam, Appointed to Commission
  • Thomas Bruce Nicol, Appointed to Commission
  • John Howard Barnett, Appointed to Commission

  • B. C. Freyberg, Governor-General