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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 extend the period within which you shall (using all diligence) report to me as by the said Warrant provided to the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve. And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities, 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 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twelve. Arthur M. Myers, Approved in Council. For 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 ; Willian 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, the eleventh day of June, one thousand and nine hundred and twelve, and the twenty-fourth 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 the purpose 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 by Warrant dated the twentyfourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, the time in which you were required to report to me was extended to the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be further 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 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 further extend the period within which you shall (using all diligence) report to me as by the said Warrant provided to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve. And with the like advice and consent and in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities 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 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve. J. Allen, Approved in Council. For Prime Minister. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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