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1929. NEW ZEALAND.

WHEAT INDUSTRY COMMITTEE (REPORT OF, TOGETHER WITH MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS, EVIDENCE, AND APPENDICES).

Re,port brought up on the Ist November, 1929, and ordered to be printed.

ORDERS OF REFERENCE. Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Tuesday, the 6th Day of August, 1929. Ordered, " That a Select Committee be appointed, consisting of ten members, to examine matters relating to the wheat industry, and to report to this House as to (1) the advantages from a national standpoint of the policy of the Dominion being self-supporting as far as its wheat requirements are concerned; (2) whether the wheat-growers of the Dominion require protection or State assistance to enable them to market their product in competition with the importations from other countries ; (3) what form of protection or State assistance (if any) would effect that object without unduly adding to the cost of wheat-flour bread, fowl-wheat, and wheat-offal to the users ; (4) whether protection (if any) is required for the flour-milling industry ; and (5) whether the costs of baking and distribution of bread to consumers are reasonable or otherwise ; the Committee to have power to call for persons, papers, and records; three to be a quorum: the Committee to consist of Mr. Bitchener, Rev. Clyde Carr, the Hon. Mr. Cobbe, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Jones, Mr. McCombs, Mr. Macpherson, Mr. Waite, Mr. Wilkinson, and the mover." —(Hon. Mr. Forbes.) Wednesday, the 14th Day of August, 1929. Ordered, " That the proceedings of the Wheat Industry Committee on the taking of evidence be open to accredited representatives of the press."—(Mr. Wilkinson.) Wednesday, the 11th Day of September, 1929. Ordered, " That the Wheat Industry Committee have leave to sit this day during the sitting of the House." —(Mr. Wilkinson.)

CONTENTS. PAOE Reports .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 2 Minutes of Proceedings .. . . .. .. .. . . .. 3 List of Witnesses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Minutes of Evidence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Appendices :— Appendix I.—Wheat and Flour, Bran and Pollard : Imports, Exports, and Production 245 Appendix II. —Wheat-growing Industry in New Zealand .. .. .. .. 249 Appendix 111. —Statistics of Pig-feeding .. .. .. .. .. .. 260 Appendix IV. —Maize : Imports, Exports, and Production .. .. .. .. 263 Appendix V.—Wheat, Flour, Bran, and Pollard : Quotations, &c. .. .. .. 265 Appendix VI. —Statistics of Factory Production .. .. .. .. .. 273

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