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And I further direct you to consider wlietlier in the circumstances any of the costs of your inquiry or the costs of any person made party to the inquiry should be borne by any individuals and if you think fit so to do to make provision for citation of parties and to make orders for payment of costs accordingly, pursuant to the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908. And using all diligence you are required to report to me within thirty days of the date hereof your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof. Given in Executive Council und,er the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 21st day of April, 1948. A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister of Industries and Commerce. T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time within ivhich Commission appointed to inquire into Position regarding Fresh Meat Supplies shall report B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General To all to whom these presents shall come and to : Archibald Albany McLachlan, of Christchurch, Stipendiary Magistrate, Alexander Paterson O'Shea, of Wellington, Secretary, James William Perry, of Auckland, Butcher, William Gardner Simpson, of Wellington, Liaison Officer in the Department of Labour and Employment, Robert Browne Tennent, of Wellington, Assistant DirectorGeneral of Agriculture, and Leicester Chisholm Webb, of Wellington, Director of Stabilization: Greeting. Whereas by Warrant issued on the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, under the hand of the GovernorGeneral and the Seal of the Dominion, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, you were appointed under the authority of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the adequacy of fresh meat supplies available for the New Zealand retail market and kindred matters as set forth in the said Warrant:

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