 The commission reported that the Nelson Section was making substantial losses which would only increase with the extension of the line, and recommended that services be reduced with closure of the line from Belgrove to Kawatiri if losses continued.The report also listed the section to Inangahua as a line on which works should be "suspended" which was duly carried out in January 1931.Even after the commission's suggestions were enacted, goods traffic continued to decline, decreasing 20% between March 1931 and March 1932, due in part to the loss of construction traffic.