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IV

FURTHER EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FORWARDING REPORT OF TRENTHAM INQUIRY COMMISSION. Liverpool, Governor. To ail to whom these presents shall come, and to the Honourable John Henry Hosking, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand; William Ferguson, Esquire, of Wellington, Civil Engineer; and Arthur Anderson Martin, Esquire, of Palmerston North, Medical Practitioner : Greeting. Whereas by a Warrant dated the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report upon the administration of the camp of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces at Trentham during the present war so far as such administration relates in any manner to the health, comfort, feeding, clothing, treatment, and accommodation of the troops, and you were directed and required to report to me on or before the first day of August then next ensuing your proceedings and your opinion touching the matters mentioned therein : And whereas by a Warrant dated the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the time within which you were required to report to me was extended to the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen : 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 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 declare and appoint that the time at or before which yon shall present to me your report aforesaid is hereby extended to the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. 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 Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross 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 sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. J. Allen, Approved in Council. Minister of Defence. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.