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Commission. Liverpool, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Reginald Palmer Greville, Esq., F.R.G.S., of Hamilton, Inspector of Surveys; Samuel Stafford, Esq., of W T aipu, gum-digger; William Stewart, Esq., of Kawakawa, Chairman of the Bay of Islands County Council; Robert Hebden, Esq., of Waihopo, Secretary of the Gum-diggers' Union; John Matheson McKay, Esq., of Waipu, farmer : Greeting. Whereas by a Warrant bearing date the twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, you, the said Reginald Palmer Greville, Samuel Stafford, William Stewart, Robert Hebden, and John Matheson McKay were appointed to be a Commission to inspect and classify the kauri-gum reserves in the Land District of Auckland, and you were directed and required to report to me, on or before the twenty-ninth day of April then next ensuing, the result of your inspection and classification : And whereas you did not furnish a report within the time specified . And whereas the time within which you were required to report was extended to the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be further extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, 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 that 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 are required to report until the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen. And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I hereby confirm the said Commission, except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen. W. F. Massey, Minister of Lands. Issued in Executive Council, J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.