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and consent of the Executive Council, you were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the matters in Our said Warrant set out: And whereas in Our said Warrant the name of you the said Linton Charrington Gardiner was erroneously set out as Lionel Charington Gardiner and the name of you the said Harold Wilfred Youren was erroneously set out as Howard Wilfred Youren : And whereas by Our said Warrant you were required to report not later than the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you : And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided: Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, the time within which you are so required to report: And we do hereby confirm the said Commission and the Warrant hereinbefore referred to except as altered by these presents. In witness whereof We have caused these presents to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, and in the twelfth 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, Doctor of Laws, Lieutenant-General 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. [l.s.] B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General. By His Excellency's Command — EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture. Approved in Council— T. J. SHERRARD, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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