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Report for the Pinnaroo Railway Commission. I dissent from the recommendation of the Commission. While being very anxious to open up country in any part of the State for settlement, I am not satisfied that the Government would be justified at the present in building a line of railway to open up the Pinnaroo country. In my opinion before doing so it would be wise to obtain more information respecting the rainfall and to make practical test of the capabilities of the land by the establishment of farms somewhat on the following lines:— That for three years three experimental farms—one each in the hundreds of Pinnaroo, Bews, and Cotton— be established, and that each occupier of the farms, who should be a practical farmer, should be entitled to the whole of the produce raised on his holding, as well as £100 per annum; that the working of the farms be under the supervision of the Principal of the Roseworthy Agriccultural College, and that proper records of the rainfall and farming operations be kept for the guidance of Parliament and the Government. Considering the present condition of the finances of the State, this, in my opinion, is not the time to spend a large amount of money in building the proposed railway without more certainty as to its future success. I dissent particularly from subsection (d) of paragraph 7, in that I do not agree that the construction of the line should be thrown open to public tender, as past experience shows conclusively that railways constructed by the Government cost less and are more durable than railways built by contract. A.A. KIRKPATRICK. Parliament House, 8th October 1902. I dissent from subsection (d) of paragraph 7, because experience shows that railway works carried out by Government are cheaper and better than those carried out by contract. JOHN G. BICE. Parliament House, 8th October, 1902.
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