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nine hundred and twenty-one : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, T, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby extend the period within which you shall report to me as by the said. Commission provided to the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. And in further pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and with the like advice and consent, I do hereby confirm the said Commission except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight [Seal of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, GovernorDominion of General and Commander -in - Chief in and over His New t Zealand.] 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 eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. W. F. Massey, Issued in Executive Council. Prime Minister. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council.