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With reference to the recommendation contained in their

roport on the Public Works Departmont that the Waterworks

Department should be removed from the jurisdiction of the Director of Public Works and made an entirely separato department,

to be administered under its own hoad officer; as the

Commissioners fear from the trend of the evidence given before

thom that, strong objection may be raised to such recommendation

being carried into effect, and as in their opinion the wholo

history of the Waterworks Department administration during the

past thirty years shows the vital necessity for its being me.do a self-controlled department, they wish particularly to

emphasize their above views, in order that they may feel that

on this most important subject they have at least made every

effort to secure the Colony from any repetition of the fiascos of the past in reference to the Colony's water supply.

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ZONING COMMITTEE. In paragraph thirty two of their

Roport on the Public Works Department, the Commissioners

recommended the establishment of a Zoning Committee with

unofficial representation. They would urge that in order

that the Committee be an effective one, its membership should

not exceed seven, to be drawn from suitable members of the

community. Regarding the Government members the Director of

Medical and Sanitary Services should have a seat. A great advantage of appointing such a committee would be that it

could be treated as a standing committee whose advice would

bo available to Government in regard to town planning, sites

for gaols, hospitals etc. in other words a permanent

successor to the Town Planning Committee.

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EXTRAVAGANCE IN PAST YEARS. It always happens that in

periods of prosperity there is a universal tendency to embark

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