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EXTENDING TIME OF THE NATIVE COMMISSION. Robert Stout, Administrator of the Government. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Robert Noble Jones, Esquire, of Wellington, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court; John Strauchon, Esquire, 1.5.0., of Wellington; and John Ormsby, Esquire, of Otorohanga : Greeting. Whereas by a Warrant dated the eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and issued under the hand of the Governor-General and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report on the several matters therein set forth, and you were directed and required to report to the Governor-General not later than the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, Robert Stout, the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and ail 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 hereby extended to the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty. And, with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities, I do hereby confirm the said Commission except as herein varied. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty. W. EL Elerries, Native Minister.. Approved in Executive Council, F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council.

FURTHER EXTENDING TIME OF THE NATIVE COMMISSION. Robert Stout, Administrator of the Government. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Robert Noble Jones, Esquire, of Wellington, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court; John Strauchon, Esquire, 1.5.0., of Wellington; and John Ormsby, Esquire, of Otorohanga : Greeting. Whereas by a Warrant dated the eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and issued under the hand of the Governor-General and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report on the several matters therein set forth, and you were directed and required to report to the Governor-General not later than the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty : And whereas by a Warrant