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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The Royal Warrant ................................................................ ii
REPORT
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CHAPTER I. -- INTRODUCTORY .............................................. 1-12
CHAPTER II. -- DESCRIPTIVE --
Area and Population ......................................................... 13-20
Climate and Soil ............................................................... 21-23
Communications .............................................................. 24-31
Natural Resources ........................................................... 32-39
Local Manufactures .......................................................... 40-41
Imports and Exports ......................................................... 42-46
Constitution and Local Government .................................. 47-54
CHAPTER III. -- HISTORY OF NEWFOUNDLAND SINCE THE GRANT
OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT--
Period from 1855-1895 ...................................................... 55-92
Period from 1895 to present day ....................................... 93-120
CHAPTER IV. -- THE FINANCIAL POSITION --
General Survey ............................................................... 121-27
Period from 1920-21 to 1931-32 ....................................... 128-31
Able-bodied Relief ......................................................... 132-38
Onset of the Depression ............................................... 139-42
Establishment of a system of Treasury control .............. 143-47
Financial Year, 1932-33 ................................................... 148-50
Current Financial Year .................................................... 151-54
Examination of Revenue ................................................. 155-66
Revenue since the War ................................................. 156-58
Customs Duties ........................................................... 159-60
Income Tax ................................................................... 161-63
Liquor Profits ............................................................... 164-65
General ........................................................................ 166
Examination of Expenditure ........................................... 167-86
Expenditure since the War ............................................ 167
Analysis of Expenditure ................................................ 168-75
Newfoundland Railway .................................................. 176-83
Newfoundland Hotel ..................................................... 184-85
General ........................................................................ 186
The Public Debt .............................................................. 187-94
Summary of Conclusions ................................................. 195
CHAPTER V. -- PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLAND --
Considerations arising from distribution of the population 197-201
Life of the People ............................................................ 202-10
Present condition of the people ....................................... 211-26
The Political Machine ...................................................... 227-37
Dissipation of Natural Resources .................................... 238-46
CHAPTER VI. -- THE FISHERIES --
I. Descriptive and Explanatory --
The Seal Fishery ....................................................... 248-51
The Cod Fishery ........................................................ 252-92
The Bank Fishery ................................................... 253-56
The Shore Fishery .................................................. 257-65
The Labrador Fishery .............................................. 266-68
The Winter Fishery ................................................. 269
The Credit System .................................................. 270-80
Marketing Arrangements ........................................ 281-91
Statistics ............................................................... 292
Fisheries other than the Cod-Fisheries .................... 293-300
II. General Review of Existing Situation --
A. Control:
1. Political ............................................................. 301-6
2. Commercial ....................................................... 307-8
B. Methods:
1. Methods of Fishing ............................................ 309-13
2. Curing ............................................................... 314-17
3. Variety of products ............................................. 318
4. Disposal of sale ................................................. 319-20
5. System of inspection .......................................... 321
6. Fishery Statistics ............................................... 322
7. Education .......................................................... 323
8. Research ........................................................... 324-25
III. Particular Survey of Individual Branches of Industry --
1. Salt Cod-fish ......................................................... 326
2. Cod-liver oil .......................................................... 327-28
3. Salmon ................................................................. 329-32
4. Lobster ................................................................. 333
5. Herring ................................................................. 334-36
6. Caplin .................................................................. 337-39
7. Smelts .................................................................. 340
8. Halibut ................................................................. 341
9. "Turbot" ................................................................ 342
10. Other fish species ............................................... 343
11. Shell-fish (other than lobsters) ............................ 344
12. By-products ......................................................... 345
13. Canning .............................................................. 346
IV. Recommendations --
A. Control:
1. Administrative .................................................. 347-58
2. Commercial ...................................................... 359-61
B. Methods:
1. Scheme for resuscitation of Deep-sea and Fall Fisheries --
(a) Deep-sea Fishery ......................................... 364-68
(b) Fall Fishery .................................................. 369
(c) Concurrent Experiments ............................... 370
(d) Finance ........................................................ 371-76
(e) General ........................................................ 377-78
2. Need for improved apparatus in the outports ...... 379
3. Inspection of Fish Premises ............................... 380
4. Control of shipments to foreign markets ............ 381
5. Enquiry into possibility of building up local carrying
fleet ................................................................. 382
6. Statistics .......................................................... 383
7. Education ......................................................... 384
CHAPTER VII. -- PROSPECTS FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE --
Timber:
1. The Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company ..... 387-98
2. The International Power and Paper Company of
Newfoundland Ltd. ........................................... 399-423
A. Capitalisation ................................................ 399-414
B. Prospects ....................................................... 415-23
3. Other Forest Lands in the Interior of the Island ...... 424-30
4. The coastal fringe ................................................... 431-34
Minerals:
1. The Bell Island Mine ............................................... 435-45
2. The Mine at Buchans .............................................. 446-54
3. Mineral Possibilities ............................................... 455-58
The Port at Botwood ........................................................ 459-64
Agriculture ...................................................................... 465-79
Wild Fruit ....................................................................... 480-83
Fur-bearing Animals ........................................................ 484-91
Aviation .......................................................................... 492-99
Assistance of foreign capital ............................................ 500-03
Miscellaneous ................................................................. 504
CHAPTER VIII. -- ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTION --
Effects of default ............................................................. 506-18
Currency measures:
Inflation .................................................................. 514-16
Suggestions for a new Currency ............................... 517-18
The question of the disposal of Labrador .......................... 519-29
Political Union with Canada ............................................. 530-43
Assistance from the United Kingdom ................................ 544
CHAPTER IX. -- A JOINT PLAN OF RECONSTRUCTION --
Political and Constitutional Aspect of Proposals submitted
to the Commission ...................................................... 547-57
Scheme Recommended:
A. Constitutional Changes ............................................. 558
Establishment of a New Form of Government ........ 558 (1)-(3)
Legislation ........................................................... 558 (4)-(5)
Executive Action ................................................... 558 (6)-(9)
General ............................................................ 558 (10)-(11)
B. Financial Relief ........................................................ 559-61
Summary of Scheme ....................................................... 562
Procedure ....................................................................... 563
General observations ...................................................... 564-65
CHAPTER X. -- SUBSIDIARY RECOMMENDATIONS --
Reorganisation of the Civil service .................................. 566-75
Need for Special Investigations ....................................... 576-85
Education .................................................................... 577
Railway and Steamship Services ................................... 578-81
Natural Resources ....................................................... 582-85
Boards and Commissions ................................................ 586-87
Public Health and Welfare:
Administrative Organisation ......................................... 588-89
Staff ............................................................................ 590-91
Medical Services .......................................................... 592-94
Defects of present system ........................................... 595-607
Absence of Preventative Public Health Service ............ 596
Medical Facilities ...................................................... 597-600
Nursing Centres ........................................................ 601-7
St. John's City ............................................................. 608-16
Municipal Government ................................................. 617-18
Police and Game Wardens ............................................ 619-21
Establishment of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve .......... 622-24
Need for Statistical Service .......................................... 625-27
Need for Public Libraries in the Island .......................... 628-29
General ........................................................................ 630-33
CHAPTER XI. -- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS --
A. Main Recommendations ........................................ 634 (1)-(4)
B. Subsidiary Recommendations .............................. 634 (1)-(35)
CHAPTER XII. -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS ...... 635-41
APPENDICES AND MAPS
APPENDICES
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A. --Census Tables, 1921 ..................................................... 234
B. --Temperature Tables ....................................................... 237
C. --Tables of Imports and Exports ....................................... 238
D. --Report of Joint Committee of Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, 1880 ........................................ 241
E. --Letter from Sir Mackenzie Bowell to the Governor-
General of Canada submitting a memorandum
regarding negotiations between Canada and
Newfoundland in 1895 ............................................. 243
F. --Statement of Newfoundland Loans, and purposes for
which they were raised ............................................ 246
G. --List of Loans in order of maturity ................................... 254
H. --Treasury Control Act, 1932 ............................................. 256
I. --Newfoundland Government Exchequer Account--Year
ended 30th June, 1933 ............................................ 259
J. --Budget Speech, 1933 ...................................................... 260
K. --Text of Agreement between the United Kingdom and
Newfoundland negotiated at Ottawa, 1932 ................ 272
L. --Tables reflecting trend of Newfoundland's credit in
London since the War .............................................. 277
M. --Table of iron ore shipments from Bell Island, 1895
to 1932 ................................................................... 278
N. --St. John's Municipal Council: Detailed statement
of public debt, estimates of revenue and
expenditure for 1933, and balance sheet as
at 31st December, 1932 ........................................... 279
MAPS
No.1.--Map showing Electoral Districts (1932) and Population.
No.2.--Map showing Religious Denominations.
No.3.--Map showing Railways and Steamship Routes.
No.4.--Map showing Roads.
No.5.--Map of Newfoundland and Coast of Labrador showing Fishing
Areas.
No.6.--General Map of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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