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Extending Period within whieli the Commission appointed to Inquire into and Report upon Licensing Matters in New Zealand shall report 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 the Honourable Mr. David Stanley Smith, a Judge of the Supreme Court, Percy Taylor Coyle, George William Hutchison, Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson, James Patrick Ruth, the Reverend John Thomson Macky, Percy Malthus, the Honourable Mr. Frederick George Young, and Bella Fernie Logie : Greeting. Whereas by Our Warrant dated the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, you, the said David Stanley Smith, Percy Taylor Coyle, George William Hutchison, Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson, James Patrick Ruth, John Thomson Macky, Percy Malthus, and Frederick George Young, together with Thomas Jordan, of Masterton, Barrister and Solicitor, now ■deceased, were appointed 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 the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to be a Commission of Inquiry for the purposes in the said Warrant duly set out: And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, you, the said Bella Fernie Logie were appointed to be a member of the said Commission of Inquiry : And whereas by Our said first-mentioned Warrant yo.u were required to report not later than the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you: And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the twenty-second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the thirty-first •day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five : And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be further extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, the time within which you are so required to report: And We do hereby confirm the said Commission and the three respective Warrants hereinbefore referred to except as altered by these presents.

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