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EDUCATION COMMISSION: EMPOWERING COMMISSION TO MAKE INQUIRY AT ADDITIONAL PLACES IN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. Islington, Governor. Whereas by a Warrant issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, Mark Cohen, Esquire, William Davidson, Esquire, James Robert Kirk, Esquire, Frederick Pirani, Esquire, Hugh Poland, Esquire, John Charles Thomson, Esquire, and Thomas Umfrey Wells, Esquire, were appointed a Commission for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting on certain matters relating to the system of education in New Zealand : And whereas it is expedient to authorize the said Commission to make and conduct its inquiry at certain places in addition to those named in the said Warrant : Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other 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 authorize and empower you, the said Mark Cohen, William Davidson, James Robert Kirk, Frederick Pirani, Hugh Poland, John Charles Thomson, and Thomas Umfrey Wells, to make and conduct your inquiry as directed by the said Commission at one town in the North Island and one town in the South Island, as may be selected by you, subject to the condition that each of those towns must be in an agricultural district, in addition to the cities of Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland, and at such times as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and from any such place to any such place as you think fit. And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said powers and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission, except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Com-mander-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 the Government House, at Wellington, this 11th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve. Thomas Mackenzie, Approved in Council. Prime Minister. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.

EDUCATION COMMISSION: EXTENDING PERIOD FOR MAKING REPORT. Islington, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Mark Cohen, Esquire, of Dunedin ; William Davidson, Esquire, of Dunedin ; James Robert Kirk, Esquire, of Gisborne;.- Frederick Pirani, Esquire, of Feilding; Hugh Poland, Esquire, M.P., of Paeroa ; John Charles Thomson, Esquire, M.P., of Riverton; Thomas Umfrey Wells, Esquire, M.A., of Auckland: Greeting. Whereas by Warrants dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and the eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, you the said Mark Cohen, William Davidson, James Robert Kirk, Frederick Pirani, Hugh Poland, John Charles Thomson, and Thomas Umfrey Wells were appointed a Commission for of inquiring into and reporting on certain matters relating to the system of education in New Zealand : And whereas by the said Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, you were required to report to me, under your hands and seals, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters not later than the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by