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Session If. 1918. NE W Z E ALAN D.

MANGATU Nos. 1, 3, AND 4 BLOCKS (REPORT OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF).

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

COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORT UPON THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE MANGATU Nos. 1, 3, AND 4 BLOCKS. Liverpool, Governor-Genera]. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Walter Edward Rawson, Esquire, a Judge of the Native Land Court of New Zealand, and Arthur Thomas Clarke, Esquire, of Wellington, Accountant : Greeting. Whereas it is enacted by section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 191.7 (hereinafter referred to as " the said section "), that the Governor-General may appoint a Commission, of whom one member at least shall be a qualified accountant, to inquire into and report to him upon the past management and control of the Mangatu Nos. 1, 3, and 4 1 Mocks, and the rents and profits thereof, and such other matters in relation to the said Mangatu Nos. 1, 3, and 4 Blocks as the Governor-General may think tit : And whereas it is expedient to appoint such a Commission as aforesaid : Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said section, 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 Walter Edward Rawson and Arthur Thomas Clarke to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the management and control of the Mangatu Nos. 1, 3, and 4 Blocks (hereinafter referred to as " the said blocks "), and the rents and profits thereof, and in particular to inquire into and report upon the following matter's : — 1. The dealings with the said blocks from the commencement of the trust or trusts. The amounts now charged by mortgage or otherwise on the said blocks respectively or any part or parts thereof. 3. The leases of the said blocks.

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