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And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to me in pursuance of these presents, or by my direction, the contents or purport of any report so made or to be made by you. And it is hereby further declared that these presents shall continue in force although the inquiry is not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place. And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand ; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1921. D. H. Guthrie, Minister of Lands. Approved in Executive Council. V. 1). Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council. God save the King !

EXTENDING TIME Oh KAURI-GUM INDUSTRY COMMISSION. Jellicoe, Governor-General. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Reginald Palmer Greville, Esquire, F.R.G.S., of Auckland, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the North Auckland Land District, and Kauri-gum Superintendent ; Rodney Coates, Esquire, of Matakohe, Farmer; Francis Lawrence Gribbin, Esquire, of Auckland, Gum-merchant; Ernest John Niccol, Esquire, of Hikutai, Tairua, Settler; John Nicholson, Esquire, of Auckland, Gum-digger; Frederick Palliser Worley, Esquire, M.A., D.Sc, of Auckland, Professor of Science ; and Montague Harrison Wynyard, Esquire, of Auckland, Solicitor : Greeting. Whereas by a warrant dated the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and issued under my hand and the public seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report on various matters affecting the kauri-gum industry, and you were directed ami required to report to me not later than the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one: And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided: Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in that 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 here extended to the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. And, with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, 1 do hereby confirm the said Commission except as herein varied. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1921. D. H. Guthrie, Minister of Lands. Approved in Council. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council. God save the King !