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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 considera- 
of 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 under- 
takings. (Para. 10.) 
(3) That the result of working branch lines, known to be un- 
economical 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 Agree- 
ment 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 Govern- 
ment 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should be withdrawn.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.)