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This report can scarcely be considered a

very satisfactory result of three years (nominal)

work. In short, the Committee have abandoned any

attempt to make detailed recommendations.

important recommendations briefly are:-

1.

Their

That a permanent Town Planning and Housing

Committee be formed to advise Government on town

planning and housing matters.

2. That a permanent Town Planning and Housing

sub-Department of the Public Works Department be

created.

3.

2

That when that preliminary work has been completed,

it should be subject to review and criticism by an

acknowledged export.

These seem to be obvious steps which the

Government should have little difficulty in

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and the sooner, I think, the better.

We need not consider the matter in detail until

the Governor's recommendations are received. The

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