Report of the British Economic Mission to Australia

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Identifikator:: 179824683X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-182286

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the British Economic Mission to Australia

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Office

Year of publication:: 7th January 1929

Scope:: 63 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. Supplementary memoranda and conclusions

Collection:: Economics Books

3 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.)

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