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day of September next; and with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance and exercise of the said powers and authorities, I do hereby confirm the said instrument except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at Wellington, this twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine. Approved in Executive Council. J. G. Findlay. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.

FURTHER EXTENDING PERIOD WITHIN WHICH THE POLICE COMMISSION SHALL REPORT.

Plunket, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Helyar Wedderburn Bishop, Esquire, a Stipendiary Magistrate : Greeting. Whereas by instrument bearing date the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and issued under " The Commissions .of Inquiry Act, 1908," you, the said Helyar Wedderburn Bishop, were appointed a Commission to inquire into the administration, efficiency, and control of the Police Force of the Dominion: And whereas by the said' instrument you were required to report to me under your hand the result of your inquiries not later than the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine : And whereas by an instrument bearing date the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the time within which you were required to report to me under your hand the result of your inquiries was extended to the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine : And whereas it is expedient to further extend the time within which you shall report as aforesaid : Know ye therefore that I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby extend the period within which you shall, using all diligence, transmit to me as by the said instrument provided your report and recommendations as aforesaid to the thirty-first day of October next; and with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance and exercise of the said powers and authorities, I do hereby confirm the said instrument except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at Wellington, this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine. Approved in the Executive Council. John G. Findlay. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.