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And it is hereby declared that this Commission shall continue in full force although the inquiry be not regularly continued by adjournments from time to time ,or from place to place : And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908. 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 28th day of April, 1948. H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice. Approved in Council — T. J. SHERRARD, , Clerk of the Executive Council. Extending Period Within Which the Commission Appointed to Inquire Into and Report Upon the Law of New Zealand Relating to Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Shall Report B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Herbert Edgar Evans, George William Clinkard, Andrew John Park, Stuart Wentworth Innes-Ker Peterson, and John Ralfe Smith : Greeting. Whereas by Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, you, the said Herbert Edgar Evans, George William Clinkard, Andrew John Park, Stuart Wentworth Innes-Ker Peterson, and John Ralfe Smith 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 set out: And whereas by the said Warrant you were required to report to me not later than the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, 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 :

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