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"Whereas by Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, you, the said Herbert Edgar Evans, George William Clinkard, Andrew John Park, Stuart Wentworth Innes-Ker Peterson, and John Ralfe Smith were appointed 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 set out: And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to me not later than the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you : And whereas by further Warrant dated the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the thirtyfirst day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine : And whereas by further Warrant dated the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the thirtyfirst day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine : And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby extend until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, the time within which you are so required to report : And in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities and with the like advice and consent, I do hereby confirm the said Commission and the three respective Warrants hereinbefore referred to except as altered by these presents. Given under 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 December, 1949. T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice. Approved in Council— T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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