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The Coalfields Board consisting of Clement Hodgkinson, R. Brough Smyth and Thomas Couchman, was appointed "to examine witnesses, and to visit the District of Western Port, for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is such a supply of coal in that part of the Colony as would justify the Government in recommending the construction of a cheap Railway to the Port". The Board presented a Progress Report on 16 October 1871 (see Papers Presented to Parliament session 1871, Vol.3) and its Final Report on 6 April 1872 (Papers Presented to Parliament Session 1872 Vol.3).See also VRG 30 Mines.
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[1871 TO 1872]
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