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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 declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and the Health Act, 1920. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 12th day of February, 1924. M. Pom are, Minister of Health. Approved in Council. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council. EXTENDING PERIOD WITHIN WHICH THE COMMISSION CONSTITUTED TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORTU PON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PUERPERAL SEPTICEMIA AND LIKE DISEASES, IN PARTICULAR RELATION TO THE ILLNESS OF PATIENTS AT THE KELVIN MATERNITY HOSPITAL, AUCKLAND, SHALL REPORT. Jellicoe, Governor-General. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Frederick Earl, Esquire, K.C., 0.8.E.. of Auckland. Barrister ; Sir Donald Johnstone McGavin, C.M.G., D.5.0., M.D., F.R.C.5.,. Director-General of Medical Services ; James Sands Elliott, M.D., Wellington, Medical Practitioner ; and Lady Jacobina Luke, C.8.E., 46 Hiropi Street, Wellington, Married Woman: Greeting. Whuruas by Warrant dated the twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, you, the said Frederick Karl, Donald Johnstone McGavin, James Sands Elliott, and Jacobina Luke, were appointed to be a Commission under the Commissions'of Inquiry Act, 1908, for the purposes set out in the said Warrant: And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to me, under your hands and seals, not later than the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, the result of your inquiry, with any recommendations you think fit to make in respect of the matters and things inquired into by you, and your opinion as to the aforesaid matters : And whereas it is expedient that the time in which you are required to report to me should be extended : Now, therefore, 1, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General 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 extend the period within which you shall report to me as by the said Commission provided to the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. And, in further pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and with the like advice and consent, I do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 28th day of March, 1924. M. Pomare, Minister of Health. Approved in Council. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council.