The arrangements for the admission of spectators and their regulation within the Exhibition grounds were under the control of the British Empire Exhibition authorities. The number of police to be employed within the grounds was settled in consultation with the police authorities; in addition to the police so employed, a large number was held in reserve.

The police were responsible for the regulation of the road traffic and the preservation of order on the approaches to the Exhibition grounds. I believe they dealt successfully with an exceptionally difficult problem.

The casualties which occurred have probably been somewhat exaggerated in the accounts which have appeared in the Press. The number of persons treated by the ambulance staff on the ground for faintness or slight injury was no doubt considerable, but I am informed that in only 22 cases was removal to hospital necessary; in 10 of these the patients were able to proceed to their homes on the same day and only three cases are described as serious. Two police were injured, but not seriously.

So far as regards the Stadium iteslf, the best and most expeditious course, I think, on the information before me, will be for the Exhibition authorities and the police to confer together as to the best measures to provide against any recurrence of last Saturday's incidents. But in view of the possibility of incidents involving similar risks occurring elsewhere, I am considering the advisability of appointing some form of Committee to examine the general question in all its aspects.