}  `."System- "Systemglb-"System--@Times New Roman--- z2 x`JcFirst meeting of Commission of Inquiry into the Industry and Resources of                  2 `cIreland   2 c  @Times New Roman---@Times New Roman------------ 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology       ---  2 Sc   2 Xc  @Times New Roman---@"Calibri--------- )2 `cThis Commission was     @2 #cset up in June by the Dil (See Jun          2 $c- 2 *c18   2 >c- 2 Dc19/1   2 gc).  2 rc   2 wc ---  2 |c  ---@"Calibri--------- 2 ` cMore Detail  ---  2 c  --- (2 `cThis first meeting   2 cis  2 c  Y2 4cheld in the Mansion House in Dublin. (Mitchell says             @Times New Roman--------------- 2 ` cSeptember 19    --- 2 cth---  2 c  2 cas do   d2 ;ces OSullivan Greene.) Griffith told the meeting that the             |2 )`KcCommission was a responsible, autonomous and independent body. This was                   w2 >`Hcan attempt to distance the Commission from the Dil in the hope of less                 ------ V2 T`2cinterference in its work from Dublin Castle. (Thi           #2 Tcs did not work.)     ---  2 T_c  --- y2 p`IcDarrell Figgis had been appointed Secretary of the Commission (after the                    ------------ :2 `cBritish closed down his paper (         --- 2 J cThe Republic   --- A2 $c) in response to the paper carrying          ------ ;2 ` cadvertisements for the Dil Loan        2 bc)  2 hc.---  2 mc  --- [2 `5cThe Commission decides to focus on the matters of foo              .2 cd, power, textiles and      P2 `.cminerals (but concentrated on the first two).             2 c  --------- v2 `GcAn attempt was made to hold a public meeting in Monaghan on November 24                 --- 2 cth---  2 c   2 `cbut  2 }cit was   2 c  q2 Dcstopped by the RIC. However, starting a week later, the Commission                   A2 `$cheld public meetings in the City Hal          C2 z%cl in Dublin over six days. Numerous           O2 )`-creporters from around the world were present.           2 )c  2 )c  >2 )"cDublin Castle did not try to stop            }2 >`Lcthese public meetings but decreed that reports of the meetings could not be                  g2 T`=cprinted in the Irish press (but were reported in the British               ,2 Tcpress!). Many people     ------ k2 i`@cgave statements to the Commission (some opposed to Sinn Fin).               ---  2 inc  --- |2 `KcAfter these meetings, Dublin Castle decreed that there would be no further                  42 `cmeetings of the Commission        2 Dc   2 Nc  M2 S,cpublic or private. However, the Commission          @Times New Roman--------- +2 `cwent onto hold public        2  c  22 cmeetings in Cork. See Feb         2 c- 2 c1920/1.  ---  2 &c  ---  2 `c  --- c2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman- - - c- @ !)`-   "Arial- - ccbbaa