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1946 NEW ZEALAND

REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON LICENSING

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Command of His Excellency

Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Licensing Matters in New Zealand George the Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith : To onr Trnsty and Well-beloved the Honourable Mr. Justice David Stanley Smith, of Wellington, a Judge of the Supreme Court; Percy Taylor Coyle, of Wellington, Secretary ; George William Hutchison, of Auckland, Public Accountant; Thomas Jordan, of Masterton, Barrister and Solicitor; Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson, of Morrinsville, Farmer; James Patrick Ruth, of Dunedin, Civil Servant; the Reverend John Thomson Macky, of Lower Hutt, Minister of Religion; Percy Malthus, of Hampden, Farmer ; and the Honourable Mr. Frederick George Young, Member of the Legislative Council, of Auckland, Secretary: Greeting. Whereas we have deemed it expedient that a Commission should issue to inquire into the working of the laws relating to the manufacture and importation, sale and supply of intoxicating liquors, and into the social