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And it is hereby declared that the powers hereby conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the absence at any time of any one or more of the members hereby appointed so long as the Chairman, or a member deputed by the Chairman to act in his stead, and at least four other members be present and concur in the exercise of such powers : And We do further ordain that you have liberty to report your proceedings and findings under this Our Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient so to do : And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to His Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your hands and seals not later than the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof: And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these Presents are 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 authority of and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand. 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 thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, and in the ninth year of Our Reign. Witness our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, Marshal of Our Royal Air Force, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of Our Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, on whom has been conferred Our Albert Medal of the First Class, GovernorGeneral 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. [l.s.] C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General. By His Excellency's Command— H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice. Approved in Council— C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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