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1913. NEW ZEALAND.

SUNNYSIDE MENTAL HOSPITAL (REPORT OF COMMISSION ON THE).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

COMMISSION. Commission to inquire into and report upon the Treatment of certain Patients in the Sunnyside Mental Hospital. Liverpool, Governor, To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Victor Grace Day, Esquire, of Timaru, Stipendiary Magistrate : Greeting. Whereas it is expedient that inquiry should be made into the treatment of certain patients at the Sunnyside Mental Hospital: Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred 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 constitute and appoint you, the said Victor Grace Day, to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the treatment in Sunnyside Mental Hospital of — (1.) The late William Alexander Tribe; (2.) The late James Howie; (3.) The late Sidney Lionel Barrett; (4.) Lewis Allan Gourlay; and (5.) Daniel Herlihy. And for the better enabling you, the said Commission, to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorized and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such times and places in the said Dominion as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and from place to place as you think fit, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise, as may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you think capable of affording you information in the premises; and you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books, papers, writings, documents, or 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 means whatsoever.