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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 Com[l.s.] mander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,' Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, LieutenantGeneral in Our 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. By His Excellency's Command — D. G. SULLIVAN, For the Prime Minister. Approved in Council — T. J. SHERRARD, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Period within which the Commission appointed to Inquire into and Report on Claims preferred by Members of the Maori Race touching certain Lands known as Surplus Lands of the Crown 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 fifth day of October, 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 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,

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