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Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby direct that your powers and functions under the said Warrant are hereby extended to and shall be deemed to include the power to inquire and report generally as to— The profitable utilization of the soft bituminous and lignite coals of the Westport District of New Zealand. And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Com-mander-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 House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord%ne thousand nine hundred and eleven. R. McKenzie, Approved in Council. Minister of Mines. J. F. Andrews. Clerk of the Executive Council.

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