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Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, the time within which you are so required to report: And We do hereby confirm the said . Warrant and the Commission thereby constituted save as modified by these Presents. In witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and in the tenth year of Our Reign. Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Com[l.s.] mander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, LieutenantGeneral in His Majesty's Army, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion. B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General. Approved in Council — W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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