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Act, 1908, to inquire into and report upon the administration of the affairs of the Westport Harbour Board under a nominated Board : And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to me under your hands and seals your opinion as to the aforesaid matters not later than the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby extend the period within which you shall report to me, as by the said Commission provided, to the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen. And in further pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and with the like advice and consent, I do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the most distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-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 twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen. F. M. B. Fisher, Approved in Council, Minister of Marine. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.

WESTPORT HARBOUR BOARD COMMISSION: FUTHER EXTENDING PERIOD WITHIN WHICH COMMISSIONERS SHALL REPORT. Liverpool, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to James Sim Evans, Esquire, of Nelson, Stipendiary Magistrate ; William Ferguson, Esquire, of Wellington, Civil Engineer; and Gerald FitzGerald, Esquire, of Wellington, Civil Engineer. Whereas by Warrant dated the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, you the said James Sim Evans, William Ferguson, and Gerald FitzGerald were appointed to be a Commission under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, to inquire into and report upon the administration of the affairs of the Westport Harbour Board under a nominated Board : And whereas by a Warrant dated the twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the period within which you were required to report to me was extended to the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be further extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby further extend the period within which you shall report to me, as by the said Commission provided, to the tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.