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records as you deem likely to afford you the fullest information on the subjectmatter of the inquiry hereby directed to be made, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all lawful ways and means whatsoever. And, using all diligence, you are required to transmit to me, under your hands and seals, your report and recomendations in respect to the several matters inquired into by you not later than the lirst day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, or such extended date as may be appointed in that behalf. And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry be not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place by adjournment. And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of " The Commissioners Act, 1903." Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the seal of the said colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one-thousand nine hundred and five. T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands. Approved in Council. J. F. Andrews, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council. Plunket, Governor. Whereas by a Warrant issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, certain persons named therein were appointed a Commission for the purpose of making inquiry into certain questions affecting Crown lands, and Walter Scott Reid was appointed to be Chairman of the Commission : And whereas the said Walter Scott has tendered his resignation as Chairman and member of the said Commission, and the resignation has been accepted, and it therefore becomes necessary to appoint a Chairman in his place : Therefore I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by " The Commissioners Act, 1903," and of all other powers and authorities enabling me that behalf, do hereby appoint James McKerrow, Esquire, who is at present a member of the said Commission, to be Chairman thereof. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the seal of the said colony, at the Government House, at Christchurch, this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. R. J. Seddon, For Minister of Lands. Approved in Council. J Stevenson, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council. Plunket, Governor. Whereas by a Warrant issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, certain persons named therein were appointed a Commission for the purpose of making inquiry into certain questions affecting Crown lands :