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And I do hereby confirm the said Warrant as extended and amended by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished. Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British. Empire, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Governor-General 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 eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. G. W. Russell, Approved in Council. Minister of Public Health. J. E. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.

FURTHER EXTENDING TIME FOR REPORT OF COMMISSION. Liverpool, Governor-General. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to the Hon. Sir John Edward Denniston, Knight, of Christchurch ; the Hon. Edward Mitchelson, of Auckland ; and David McLaren, Esquire, of Wellington : Greeting. Whereas by a Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report upon the recent epidemic of influenza in New Zealand : And whereas you were required to report to me not later than the fourteenth, day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, your opinion touching the matters mentioned in the said Warrant: And whereas by a further Warrant dated the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, the time at or before which you were directed and required to report to me was extended to the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen : 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-General 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 you shall present to me your report aforesaid is hereby extended to the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. And I do hereby confirm the said Warrant of the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred, and nineteen, as extended and amended by the said Warrant of the. eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and as extended by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Mis 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 thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. G. W. Russell, Approved in Council. Minister of Public Health. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.