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not later than the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirtyfour, your opinion as to the aforesaid matter : And whereas it is expedient that the period within which you are required to report to me should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, 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 submit a report to me, as by the said Commission provided, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-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 r , the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of l l,s -1 that Dominion, this twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four. Geo. W. Forbes, Prime Minister. Approved in Council. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Affairs Commission: Further extending Period within which Commissioners shall report.

Bledisloe, Governor-General. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to the Honourable Mr. Justice David Stanley Smith, a Judge of the Supreme Court; John Alexander, Esquire, of Auckland, Barrister and Solicitor ; Donald Gordon Johnston, Esquire, of Wellington, Public Accountant, and Lawrence William Nelson, Esquire, of Whangarei, Farmer: Greeting. Whereas by Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, you the said David Stanley Smith, John Alexander, Donald Gordon Johnston, and Lawrence William Nelson were appointed to be a Commission under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, to inquire into and report upon the administration of the Departments of Government concerned with the administration of Native affairs in New Zealand : 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 May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, your opinion as to the aforesaid matter : And whereas by Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, the period within which you were required to submit a report to me as by the said Commission provided was extended to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four : And whereas it is expedient that the period within which you are required to report to me should be further extended as hereinafter provided: Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, 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 submit

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