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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2967, 3 August 1888, Page 3

local .influences might bo too powerful. Taking into consideration tlio con-, figuration ot the Colony, and the ■ broken nature of the interior, where an Inspector's duties chiefly lie, it seems ovident that a different ajstoui is required to that in operation in Dm moro compact Australian Colonies. k modification of our present system will best suit our requirements, and therefore the Committee recommend that the uliicu ui'oiiperiiitciuiiii;; . Inspector, with his headquarters in Wellington, be abolished; believing that 110 permanent improvement will be effocted so long its a Superintondant Inspector is kept in his present position. ■ j Mf'ln the place of a Superintending Inspector, tlio Committee recommend that Now Zealand bo divided into six sheep districts, with an Inspector over each. • These Inspectors to bo in direct communication with the Minister, who, of course, would have his departmental oilico. They would furliish. quarterly and annual returns, from which the annual report for the Colony would be compiled. Wheuovcv . necessary (possibly during the' session of Parliament), they could meet together in Wellington,- and consider any matter put before'them,, also discuss departmental matters generally. Uniformity of action of which tlicro is none at present, would thus bo secured and this alone would largely tend towards efficiency and economy. With regard to tho appointment of Sub-Inspectors, the Committee consider that no appointment to the department should bo made in future without tho approval of the Inspector of the district, and each must be allowed to appoint or discharge Ins own subordinates'. The weakness of tho department, so far as tho subordinates are concerned, has been brought about mainly by the little discretion exercised in making appointments. Tho Committco telieve it to bo an essential of efiiciency that overy officer of tho department, in every grade, should be known to possess a considerable experience in stock, which qualification has very frequently been lost sight of in tho past. Tho six districts should bo as follows ; (1) Otago and Southland; (2) Canterbury, Amuri and Kaikoura; (!)) Marlborough, Nelson and Westland; (!) Wellington and Taranaki; (5) Hawke's liny and Cook County; (fi) Auckland. The Committee consider that such a plan as is proposed would ho suitable to our circumstances, and a great deal of the friction that now exists would be removed; the Inspectors would be in direct communication with the Minister, who should not interfere with the details of their work; and their subordinates again would be in direct communication with themselves And this is absolutely necessary, for a Sub-Inspector should at all times bo able to consult personally with an Inspector, who should possess as intimate a knowledge of tho country and the people as himself Tlio diversity of conditions which surround each case which has to be dealt with, together with the fact that very few Sub-Insp3ctors are competent to conduct their Court cases and work up the evidence required, renders this necessary. _ The; Committee believo that conditions such as these are necessary to the efficient working of tho Act; and the question is, can they bo carried out with tho present system of dual Government under a Superintending Inspector? They consider it to bo impossible, no matter who might bo the person to till such a situation, and they therefore recommend that that oflico bo abolished. IloilEßT i'ItAIUZVX, Chairman.

Ist August, 1888,