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EXTENDING PERIOD WITHIN WHICH THE TIMBER COMMISSIONERS SHALL REPORT. Plunket, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to James Frederick Arnold, Esquire, M.P., of Dunedin; William Henry Peter Barber, Esquire, of Wellington; Samuel Isaac Clarke, Esquire, of Auckland; Hon. Thomas Young Duncan, M.P., of Oamaru; Henry George Ell, Esquire, M.P., of Christchurch; William Hughes Field, Esquire, M.P., of Wellington; Josiah Alfred Hanan, Esquire, M.P., of Invercargill; William Thomas Jennings, Esquire, M.P., of New Plymouth; William Brack Leyiand, Esquire, of Auckland; Francis Mander, Esquire, M.P., of Whangarei; William Morris, Esquire, of Greymouth; and John Stallworthy, Esquire, M.P., of Dargaville : Greeting. Whereas by a commission bearing date the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, you, the said James Frederick Arnold, William Henry Peter Barber, Samuel Isaac Clarke, Thomas Young Duncan, Henry George Ell, William Hughes Field, Josiah Alfred Hanan, William Thomas Jennings, William Brack Leyland, Francis Mander, William Morris, and John Stallworthy were appointed to be Commissioners, with the powers mentioned therein, for the purpose of making inquiry into matters affecting the timber and timberbuilding industries : And whereas by the said commission you were directed and required to transmit to me your report and recommendations in respect to the several matters inquired into not later than the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, do hereby extend the period within which you shall (using all diligence) report to me, as by the said commission provided, to the tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine. And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said commission, except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander(l.s.) in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine. J. G. Ward. Approved in Council. J. HISLOP, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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