Militia Hall,
 Belize,
 13th October, 1962.


 To: His Excellency Sir PETER Y LA GAWNE
 STA LLRD, Knight Commander of the
 Most Distinguished Order of Saint
 Michael and Saint George, Commander
 of the Royal Victorian Order, Member
 of the Most Excellent Order of the
 British Empire, Governor and
 Commander-in-Chief in and over
 British Honduras.


MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY

 Your Excollencyts Commission, bearing date 26th

 June, 1962, appointed us Commissioners with the following

 Terms of Reference:-

 "To make a full faithful and impartial inquiry

 into and report upon the circumstances of the accident

 at the temporary pontoon bridge being erected over the

 Belize River in which accident seven persons lost their

 lives on the 14th day of June, 1962 ......"

and to make report of the result of the inquiry furnishing a

statement of our proceedings and of the reason leading to our

conclusions.

 We now submit to Your Excellency the following Report:

 1. Your Excellencyls Commission appointing to be

Commissioners was issued by virtue of the power and authority

vested in Your Excellency by Section 2 of the Coimmissions of

Inquiry Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Laws of British Honduras

Revised Edition 1958 and was signed on the 2Gth June 1962 and

was published in Gazette Extraordinary of the same date as

Statutory Instrument No. 55 of 1962.

 2. On the 30th June and the 2nd July we subscribed

before you the oaths as required by the said Ordinance and they

were duly deposited with the Acting Chief Secretary.

 3. We held our first meeting shortly after and authorized

the Secretary to publish in the press and on the radio Notices in

 .. the. form