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E. The Pastoral Industry.
F. Marketing and Distribution.
G. Reciprocal trade between Australia and Great Britain.
H. The Civil Services.
72. These we submit herewith and would summarize the effect of
them as follows :—
A. TRANSPORT.
Railways.
(1) That no further construction of State Railways should be
undertaken except after a full investigation, and after consideraof
 the alternative method of road transport. (Para. 7.)
(2) That the State Railways should be placed outside the sphere
of political influence and made to pav their way as railway undertakings.
 (Para. 10.)
(3) That the result of working branch lines, known to be uneconomical
 as railway propositions, should be separately shown in
the accounts. (Para. 10.)
(4) That an investigation should be made as to whether it is
not expedient to proceed at once with unification of the railway
gauges. (Para. 16.)
(5) That it should be considered whether the £34,000,000 Agreement
 should not be extended, both as to time and amount, in order
to cover some portion of the capital reauired for such unification.
(Para. 17.)

Shipping.
(6) That light and harbour and other dues should be imposed only
to the extent necessary for the purpose of providing the services
rendered, and that no attempt should be made to obtain Government
 revenue from such sources. (Paras. 23 and 24.)
(7) That the State of Tasmania should be specially considered, in
connexion with the Navigation Acts and with the view of, if
possible, giving it further benefits in regard to navigation.
(Paras. 28 and 29.)
(8) That ships’ stores, brought by overseas vessels for the purpose
of running the ship. should be free of Customs duty. (Para. 30.)

Roads.
(9) That the sums made available for transport purposes from
the Commonwealth should be placed at the disposal of the States
for the purposes of transport in general. (Para. 35.)
Aviation.
(10) That it is difficult to over-estimate the benefit to be derived
from the development of this service: it should gradually become
self-supporting, at which stage the present Government subsidy
should be withdrawn. (Para. 40.)