H—37a

Extending Period Within Which the Commission Appointed to Inquire Into and Report on Treatment of Press Representatives —" Kaka " Aircraft Disaster —Shall Report B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General To all to whom these presents shall come, and to the Honourable Sir Harold Featherston Johnston, K.G. Whereas by Warrant dated the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, you, the said the Honourable Sir Harold Featherston Johnston, K.C., were appointed under the authority of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to be a Commission of Inquiry for the purposes in the said Warrant duly set out: And whereas you were by such Warrant required to report to me not later than the thirty-first day of December,* one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, your finding and opinions on the matter referred to you, together with such recommendations as you might think fit to make in respect thereof: And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I do hereby extend to the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, the time within which you are so required to report: And I do hereby confirm the said Commission and the Warrant hereinbefore referred to except as altered by these presents. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 20th day of January, 1949. W. NASH, Acting Prime Minister. Approved in Council— H. P. JEFFERY, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

3