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And for the better enabling you, the said Commission, to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorized and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such times and. places in. the said Dominion as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise, as may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you think capable of affording you information in the premises ; and you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books, papers, writings, documents, or records as you deem likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject-matter of the inquiry hereby directed to be made, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all lawful means whatsoever. And, using all diligence, you are required to report to me, under your hand and seal, not later than the first day of March, one thousand. nine hundred and seventeen, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters! And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry is not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place by adjournment. And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908. 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-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. W. H. Herries, Approved in Council. Native Minister. F. W. Ftjrby, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

EXTENDING TIME FOR FORWARDING REPORT OF COMMISSION APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORT AS TO THE HIHIAUA BLOCK OF LAND, NEAR WHANGAREI. Liverpool, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Thomas Henry Wilson, a Judge of the Native Land Court: Greeting. Whereas by a Warrant dated the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion., you were appointed a Commission to inquire into certain matters relating to the Hihiaua block of land, near Whangarei, and you were required to report to me not later than the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be 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 this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and-consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby declare and appoint that the