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And in further pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Acts, and with the like advice and consent, f do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of PLis 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 underthe Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs. Approved in Council. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Liverpool, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to George Hunter, Esquire, Member of Parliament, of Porangahau, and Thomas Henry Davey, Esquire, of Christchurcb. Whereas by Warrant dated the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, George Hunter and Thomas Henry Davey were appointed to be a Commission under the Gaming Amendment Act, 1914, and the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, for the purposes set out in the said Warrant : 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 fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen : And whereas by a Warrant dated the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the said period was extended and you were required to report to me not later than the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen : 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 Acts, 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 thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. And in further pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Acts, 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 Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and SaintGeorge, 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-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs. Approved in Council. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.