§ Major GLYNasked the Minister of Agriculture what progress has been made with the establishment of the new authorities in charge of land drainage and which catchment areas are now arranged for?
§ Dr. ADDISONCatchment boards have now been fully constituted for 22 of the 47 catchment areas scheduled under the Land Drainage Act, 1930; 10 of these boards have already held their first meeting, and in the other 12 cases the first meeting will be held during this month or early in March. As regards the other 25 catchment areas:
- (1) 11 Orders and maps have been deposited for the requisite period, and the objections received are now under consideration;
- (2) in two further eases the period of deposit has not yet expired; and
- (3) in the remaining 12 cases the survey of the area is not yet complete.