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Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Lieutenant-General in Our Army, 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. B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General. [L.S.] By His Excellency's Command — P. ERASER, Native Minister. Approved in Council— W. 0. HARYEY, Clerk of the Executive Council. Extending Period within which the Commission appointed to Inquire into and Report upon Claims preferred by certain Maori Claimants concerning the Pukeroa-Oruawhata (Rotorua Township) Block 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 Counsellor Sir Michael Myers, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and to Our Trusty and Well-beloved Hanara Tangiawha Reedy, of Ruatoria, Farmer, and Albert Moeller Samuel, of Auckland, Retired : Greeting. Whereas by Our Warrant of date the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, 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, you, the said Sir Michael Myers, Hanara Tangiawha Reedy, and Albert Moeller Samuel, were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon claims preferred by certain Maori claimants concerning the PukeroaOruawhata Block, as set forth in the said Warrant:

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