128 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [Mar. 
The report is a comprehensive, concise, and lucid treatment of the subject, 
in which a conclusion is arrived at to the effect that the Government of 
Victoria should undertake the generation of electricity in bulk for distribu¬ 
tion throughout the State, and that power should be derived from the brown 
coals of the Morwell area. 
The report is summarized in a series of recommendations, as follows:— 
(1.) That an electrical generation and transmission scheme be established, 
with a power-house at Morwell. 
(2.) That an open-cut mine be established in the vicinity of the power¬ 
house, with the necessary equipment to provide an output equal 
to the power-house requirements and any demand for other 
purposes. 
(3.) That steps be taken at the earliest possible date to obtain parlia¬ 
mentary sanction for the Morwell power-house scheme and for 
the creation of the necessary authority to initiate and control 
it. Pending the return of normal conditions for the acquirement 
of plant all preliminary work in connection with the scheme 
should be immediately proceeded with, including surveys for 
water-supply and mine-development, with a view to the early 
preparation of plans and specifications for the complete scheme. 
(4.) That the management, both technical and commercial, of the pro¬ 
posed scheme for the generation and distribution of electrical 
energy in bulk be in the hands of an engineer-manager devoting 
his whole time thereto, and responsible to a Board of three salaried 
directors to be appointed by the Government. 
(5.) That the authority proposed in recommendation 4 should as early 
as possible ascertain the prospects of establishing in the State 
new industries that require large quantities of cheap electrical 
energy, such as those treating zinc-concentrates and manufactur¬ 
ing calcium carbide, alkalies, nitrates, &c. 
' (6.) That as brown coal will doubtless be in demand for other than the 
requirements of a power-house, the winning of coal and its supply 
to the power-house be independently managed. 
(7.) That as the Newport power-house has a capacity greater than will 
be necessary for railway requirements until the electrification 
of all the suburban lines is completed, the surplus capacity at 
Newport, pending the completion of a new power-house at Morwell, 
• be utilized to supply any additional energy that may be desired 
by the existing public-supply undertakings. 
(8.) That, whether or not the State undertake the generation and dis¬ 
tribution in bulk of electrical energy, the State should control 
and direct the co-ordination of all State and statutory generat¬ 
ing and di tributing schemes in Victoria, so as to ensure the 
adoption of standards that will admit of efficient interconnection 
of these schemes and the economical supply of electrical energy 
throughout the State. 
(9.) That in conformity with the foregoing recommendation the power¬ 
house at Newport and the proposed Morwell power-house be 
interconnected. p p 
By Authority: Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington—1918. 
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