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10. For all or any of the purposes of these presents, to enter into and sign, seal, execute, and perfect, and as my act and deed to deliver, any contract, instrument, deed, surrender, or assurance whatsoever; and for me and in my name to accept or endorse, discount, or otherwise deal with any bills of exchange or other mercantile instruments. 11. In general, for the purpose of the management and disposition, of the said property, to do all such acts and things as the Trustees in their discretion think proper, whether with respect to matters herein specifically referred to or not, and to perform every act whatsoever in respect of the said property as effectually to all intents and purposes as I could do in my own proper person if these presents had not been made. And I do hereby ratify and confirm, and do hereby .agree to at, all times ratify and confirm, whatever the Trustees shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the said property by virtue of these presents. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this day of , 191 [Signature.] Signed by the above-named in the presence of [Name, address, and. occupation of witness]. I approve of the acceptance of this power of attorney by the Soldiers' Property Board of Trustees. , Chairman [or Member] of the National Efficiency Board.

APPENDIX V. REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR REGULATIONS ACT, 1914, AND ITS AMENDMENTS, FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLDIERS' PROPERTIES. Liverpool, Governor. Order in Council. At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this second day of April, 1917. Present : The Honourable W. H. Herries presiding in Council. Whereas, having regard to the exigencies of the present war and the conditions created thereby, and for the purpose of better securing the effective conduct of the military operations of His Majesty and the maintenance of industries essential for the public welfare, it is deemed advisable to make provision in manner hereinafter appearing for the management and disposition of the business, property, and affairs of soldiers of the Expeditionary Forces of New Zealand : Now, therefore, T, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, do hereby, in pursuance of the War Regulations Act, 1.914, and its amendments, make the following regulations under that Act. Regulations . 1. These regulations may be cited as the Soldiers' Property Regulations, 1917. 2. In these regulations — " Soldier " means a member of any Expeditionary Force constituted under the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915. " National Efficiency Board " means the National Efficiency Board constituted by the Governor by Warrant dated the 27th day of February, 1917. " Board of Trustees " or " Trustees " means a Soldiers' Property Board of Trustees constituted and appointed under these regulations. 3. (1.) The Minister of Defence may, on the recommendation of the National Efficiency Board, constitute and appoint such number of Boards of Trustees (herein referred to as Soldiers' Property Boards of Trustees) as he thinks necessary to carry into effect the purposes of these regulations. (2.) Every such Board of Trustees shall be constituted and appointed with such official name as the said Minister thinks proper, thus " The [Distinctive name] Soldiers' Property Board of Trustees." (3.) Every such Board of Trustees shall consist of not less than four members, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the said Minister, and of whom one shall be a member of the National Efficiency Board. The last-mentioned member may, by writing under his hand, appoint as his proxy, to act at any meeting of the Board of Trustees in his absence, any person who may be nominated in that behalf by the Minister of Defence. Such nomination and appointment respectively may be either general or for the purposes of any particular meeting. Any person so acting as a proxy at any meeting shall for the purposes of that meeting have all the powers of the member for whom he acts. (4.) Each such Board of Trustees shall from time to time appoint one of its members to be the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.