52 SAINT VINCENT, TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY, 1954.-(No. 9).


No. 102.
 ENQUIRY RELATING TO WATER RESERVE LANDS AT MAMOON.

 The following Commission appointing ROBERT MILTON CATO, Esquire,
 Barrister-at-Law, JOHN MANNING CAVE, Esquire, Superintendent of Agriculture
 and THOMAS BRERETON, Esquire, Sanitary Superintendent, to be the Commission
 to enquire into, and report upon, all facts relating to the encroachment on the
 Water Reserve Lands of the Mamoon Water Supply by unauthorised persons, and
 all matters appertaining thereto, is published for general information.
 2. Any Members of the public desiring to give evidence before the aforesaid
 Commission are requested to send their names and addresses to the Secretary of
 the Commission at Government Office not later than Wednesday, the 3rd day of
 March, 1954.
 16th February, 1954.
 (P 1/1954)

 BY HIS HONOUR WALTER FLEMING COUTTS, Companion of the
 Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
 [L.S.1 Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,
 Administrator of the Colony of Saint Vincent, etc., etc.
W. F. COUTTS,
 Administrator.
To : ROBERT MILTON CATO, Esquire,
 Barrister-at-Law,
 JOHN MANNING CAVE, Esquire,
 Superintendent of Agriculture,
 THOMAS BRERETON, Esquire,
 Sanitary Superintendent.
 WHEREAS it is expedient to enquire into and report upon, the encroachment on
the Water Reserve Lands of the Mamoon Water Supply by unauthorised persons,
and all matters appertaining thereto;
 AND WHEREAS it is desirable for those purposes that a Commission should be
issued under the provisions-of the Commissions of Enquiry Ordinance (Cap. 160) :
 Now KNow YE THAT I, WALTER FLEMING COUTTS, Administrator as
aforesaid, reposing full confidence in your zeal, discretion and ability do appoint
you the said Robert Milton Cato, John Manning Cave and Thomas Brereton to be
the Commission under the said Ordinance to make diligent enquiries into, and
report upon, all facts relating to the encroachment on the Water Reserve Lands of
the Mamoon Water Supply by unauthorised persons, and all matters appertaining
thereto, and in particular-
 (a) to ascertain what person or persons, if any,.gave permission to clear the
 said lands or any part thereof and if the authority Igiven by such person
 or persons was valid;
 (b) to ascertain what payments, if any, were made in respect of the said
 lands or any part thereof and by Whom, to whom, and for what purposes,
 such payments were made;
 (c) to consider the possible effect of such encroachment on the health of
 the commliffity a'hKfd ake refo~nrienldations.
 AND I FURiHER DIRECT that the said enquiry shall be made at the Legislative
Council Chamber at the Court House ii Kingstown at 10.00 o'clock in the forenoon
on Friday the 5th day of March, 1954, and on such other days and at such other
places as you the Commissioners aforesaid shall deem proper and necessary and
that you shall make such report and recommnehdatiohs in the premises as may to
you seem fit, with all convenient speed :
 AND I Do HEREEY APPOINT you the said ROBERT MILTON CATO to be
Chairman of the Commission and AGNES ELEANOR CATO to be the Secretary of
the said Commission to attend the meetings and generally to perform such duties
as Secretary as are prescribed by law.
 -AND I CHARGE AND COMMAND all officers, and all other Her Majesty's loyal
subjects in the Colony that in their several places and according to their several
powers and abilities they be aiding and assisting you in the execution of this your
Commission.
 GIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony of Saint Vincent, at
 Government House in the said Colony this 16th day of February One
 thousand nine hundred and fifty-four and in the Third Year of the Reign
 of Her Majesty Queen ELIZABETH THE SECOND.

 By Command,
 A. V. KING,
Government Office, Government Secretary.
16th FGovernment Office,uary,1954.
 16th February, 1954.