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Session 11. 1921. NEW ZEALAND.

KAURI-GUM INDUSTRY (REPORT OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORT UPON).

Presented to both //ousts <>[ iln General Assembly by Command <if His Excellency.

CONTENTS.

PAfIE Rbpoet -continued. Warrant appointing the Commission .. .. 1 ~ ....■ .T, , ,T. . „ _~ , PA ?J Extension of Commission 3,4 Durabihty and Value of Kaun Swartrp Trmber .. 10 treatment of K.aun-gum Lands for Settlement PurRbpobt poses .. .. .. .. .. l(i llinerarv B Licenses under Kauri-gum industry Act, 1908 .. 19 Export Trade in Kauri-gum " " 7 Prevention of Damage to Kauri-gum Lands by Fires 20 Standard Grading of Kauri-gum 8 Establishment of Laboratory for Research .. 21 Methods of recovering Kauri-gum .. .. 10 £axati< f Kaun-gum Products .. .. 22 Bleeding of Kauri-trees 12 Royalty on Kauri-gum produced from C»wn Lands 22 Dalmatian Qumdiggen 13 Provision for Research Work 23 Extraction of Oils and other Produots from Kauri Sana-arm .. .. .. .. .. Z.i PeatSwampe 14 Summary 23

COMMISSION.

Jellicoe, Governor-General. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Reginald Palmer Greville, Esquire, F.R.G.S., of Auckland, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the North Auckland Land District, and Kauri-gum Superintendent; Rodney Coates, Esquire, of Matakohe, Farmer; Francis Lawrence Gribbin, Esquire, of Auckland, Gum-merchant; Ernest John Niccol, Esquire, of Hikuai, Tairua, Settler; John Nicholson, Esquire, of Auckland, Gum-digger; Frederick Palliser Worley, Esquire, M.A., D.Sc, of Auckland, Professor of Science; and Montague Harrison Wynyard, Esquire, of Auckland, Solicitor: Greeting. Whereas it is considered expedient to inquire into matters affecting the kaurigum industry, the kauri-gum lands and their various products, and the question as to whether any special taxation by way of royalty or otherwise should be placed on kauri-gum products for the benefit of local bodies within kauri-gum districts :

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