My off ice received o number of compleints agoinst deportment of Forestry on
dif f erent dotes f rom o number of their employees, some of which hove since
retired ond other ore still working. These clqims were f iled seponotely.
Aowever, ofter noting the similority in the cloims, I resolved to conduct q
public inquiry f or qll the comploints of some time ond Io give one determinotion
on the some. The comploints hove been in my of f ice f or some time ond on most
of them there is correspondencebelween my office ond the deportment os
well os their line ministry. One sod foct is thot despite oll the interventions
such os reminders ond on spot investigotions by my office,none of the coses
hovebeen resolved. Therehavebeen q lot of undertokings to moke poyment
but hove not 6een fulfilled