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In witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington, this eighteenth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and in the tenth year of Our Reign. Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, [L.S.] Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Lieutenant-General in His Majesty's Army, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion. B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General. Approved in Council— W. 0. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Royal Commission on Acquisition and Disposal of Surplus Assets by the War Assets Realization Board. —Extending Time for reporting George the Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved James Rankin Bartholomew, Esquire, C.M.G., LL.B., of Dunedin: Greeting. Whereas by Our Warrant of date the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report upon certain matters arising out of the acquisition and disposal of surplus assets by the War Assets Realization Board : And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report not later than the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, your findings and opinions on the matters thereby referred to you and your recommendations thereon: And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided:

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