Sealed and signed by the Governor-General, Prince Arthur of Connaught.

Correspondents: P. Coleman (Acting Secretary for Education), J.H. Hofmeyr, C.T. Loram (Acting Superintendent of Education), C.F. Schmidt (Director of Education), H.S. Scott (Director of Education).

Subjects:

Terms of reference and work of the Commission.

Question of compulsory education and whether the cost should be met from the Provincial Revenue Fund.

Includes memoranda presented to the Commission from the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Cape Division Juvenile Affairs Board, Jeppe High School, F.J. Le Roux (Afrikaans High School, Pretoria), Social Democratic Society, South African Federated Chamber of Industries, H. Thompson (Inspector of Schools, Transvaal), Transvaal Chamber of Industries, Witwatersrand Central School Board.

Correspondents: J.H. Hofmeyr, Chairman and N. Kruger, Secretary of the Commission.

Subject:

Activities, findings and report of the Commission.

Includes Transvaal local authorities rating ordinances 1928 and 1933, report of the Commission 1932, memoranda on the problems of the rating of land and on special assessments. Also memoranda presented to the Commission from Boksburg, Germiston and Johannesburg municipalities, Klippoortje Estates, Municipal Association of the Transvaal, Transvaal Chamber of Mines, Victorial Falls and Transvaal Power Co. Ltd. and Witwatersrand Chamber of Reef Trade.

Correspondence with the Secretary of the Commission, inspectors of mines and South African Mine Workers Union, statements submitted by insurance companies, Standing Committee on Dust Sampling and Transvaal Chamber of Mines; reports on individual cases by Miners Phthisis Board; miscelianeous memoranda.

Correspondence with H. Pirow; Interim Report and reservations to it by H.W. Sampson and W.J.O'Brien; memoranda on prevention: previous legislation and proposed amendments; report on vocational training for disabled soldiers by Governor General's Fund; statistics from the Transvaal Chamber of Mines.

Correspondence with Miners Phthisis Board; reports on proposal to give pensions rather than lump sums to sufferers; correspondence with African and European Investment Co. Ltd. , on the method of compensation; statements from the Gold Producers Committee of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, South African Mine Workers Union and Witwatersrand Miners Phthisis Sufferers Association; evidence to Low Grade Ore Commission 1930; statement by P.M. Anderson in his presidential address 1931; memoranda on prevention measures and 10 years service gratuity scheme.