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affixed at Wellington, this sixth day of August, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and in the eleventh 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 Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, LieutenantGeneral in Our 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. By His Excellency's Command— EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture. Approved in Council— W. 0. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council. Extending the Period within which the Sheep-farming Commission shall report George the Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith: To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Ronald Hugh White, of Otane, Sheep-farmer ; Richard Eddy, of Wellington, Member of the Legislative Council; Linton Charrington Gardiner, of Waiau, Sheep-farmer; Wallace Fletcher Metcalee, of Te Araroa, Sheep-farmer; Willis Alan Scaiee, of Wanaka, Sheep-farmer; and Harold Wilered Youren, of Napier, Sheep-farmer : Greeting. YT 7 HERE AS by Our Warrant dated the sixth day of August, one VV thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and under the authority of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice

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