Holländische Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Report of the British Economic Mission to Australia

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Identifikator:: 1744885710

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-117895

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Author:: Baasch, Ernst http://d-nb.info/gnd/117692018

Title:: Holländische Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: VI, 632 S.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: III. Kapitel. Sttillstand und Wiederaufbau unter dem Königreich der Niederlande

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Controlling | Route Authority. Mileage, Cost of Jonstruetion and Fquip- ment. Government ... Municipal sve Private ... es _l1les. 131-1 168-7 45-4 x 9,084,635 5.902,019 865.176 Total ... | 645-92 25.851.830 Motor Vehicles. Motor Vehicles Registered. Year ended 30th June. Number. Per 1,000 of Povulation. 921... wen 922... ve 923... -_ 924 o 925... von 926... ni 1927 ... veo | 928... es (17,163 21 39,090 25 75,170 31 241,869 12 305,639 52 390,300 65 196,367 «+ 80 65113 90 Roads. 32. The importance of the road transport system of Australia is so apparent, and is so fully recognized, that we are only dealing with it and the associated subjects of motor and tram- way services in order to give a true perspective in connection with the sug- zestions which we subsequently make in regard to co-ordination of various transport services. 33. Expenditure on roads is rightly regarded as the first necessity of deve- lopment, and as we have already in- dicated in dealing with the subject of railways the latter should only be built if and when road transport is proved lo be impracticable or uneconomical. The Committee on Mechanical Trans- oort of the Development and Migra- tion Commission, in a report dated 2nd March, 1928, dealt with the esti- mated cost of mechanical road trans- port compared with branch railway operations, and submitted recommen- lations suggesting that ‘¢ apart from ‘he advantage of deferring capital ex- penditure upon prospective non-paying oranch railways, mechanical road sransport could be economically used ‘or new developmental areas until settlement and production have been sarried to a stage which would enable 2 branch railway line to be constructed and operated without loss.” 34. The Commonwealth Road Board and the State and other road boards are, so far as we are able to judge, officiently dealing with the question of making, improvement and mainten- ance of the main roads, and, apart from the method of applying the Com- nonwealth Road Board grant to the States, to which we draw attention selow (instancing the special case of Tasmania), we have no suggestions to offer. It is, of course, impracticable within a short space of time and with- out undue capital expenditure to put even the main roads of the vast terri- tory of Australia into a wholly satis- factory condition, but energetic action is taking place in that direction, and a considerable distance outside each of the cities is now satisfactorily served by roads of a high character. The whole question of providing satisfac tory ‘‘ country ”’ roads is more diffi- ult of solution. The construction and naintenance ‘of the roads in less popu- lous areas, out of funds provided by rates levied on the inhabitants of the ocality, means that, unless the in- lustries carried on in that area are to se adversely affected by a heavy bur- len of rates, the progress in improv- ng the undoubtedly bad roads in such areas must necessarily be slow. It 8 a question of patient effort, Although, given good bridges, roads of v sort are easy to make and maintain n most parts of the back country. 85. We have one suggestion to offer a regard to main roads, namely, that wy sums made available for transport »urposes from the Commonwealth ‘evenue should he freely placed at the lisposal of the States for the purposes f transport in general. The par- icular case of Tasmania illustrates his point. The Road Maintenance Board there has an inadequate revenue of £35,000 per year from the motor bax, plus £20.000 from the municipal

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