THE COAL INQUIRY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 303, 11 September 1918, Page 4

THE COAL INQUIRY

— f— s WIDE ORDER OF REFERENCE. Following is the order of reference for the Board of Trade inquiry regardiw coal production and distribution:— 1 The present cost of the production and distribution of coal in Zealand. , , , ~ 2 Any increases in the cost of sucii production or distribution sinco the, coninienconient of tho present war and the causce of such increases. 3 Whether the profits made m tho production and distribution of coal aro fair and reasonable. , 4. Whether the selling prices of coal arc fair mid reasonable. S Whether increased economy or clticiencv can he obtained in tho production 'and distribution of coal, and, it so, in what respects and in what manUC c! All' oilier ' matters affecting tho supplv or mice of eqal. 7 The increases since the commencement of the present war in tho cost of living so far as such increases atlectmen cn«w'ecl in the production of coal, distinguishing between increases, -if any prior to and subsequent to tho in(iiistriiil agreement made in the year 1917. . '• 8. The increases since the ce'umencemeiit of the present, war in (he earnings of men enira«rd in the of coal, distinguishing between increases, if any. prior to and subsequent to tho said industrial agreement.