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Commission, to certify to me, under your hands and seals, or under the hands and seals of any three of you, your several proceedings and your opinion touching the premises : And whereas I have been given to understand that you the said Commissioners took upon yourselves the burden of the investigation directed to be made as aforesaid, but that you did not, within the time in that behalf limited in and by the said Commission, certify to me your proceedings therein, and your opinion touching the matters referred to you: And whereas I have further been given to understand that you are now ready to make such report: And whereas it is apprehended that by lapse of time the said Commission has expired, and that it is necessary, in order to enable you to make such report, that you should be reappointed as hereinafter mentioned : Now know ye that I, Sir George Eerguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., continuing to repose special trust in your knowledge and ability, have thought fit, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to constitute and appoint, and by these presents, by and with such advice and consent, do constitute and appoint you the said Oswald Curtis, Nathaniel Edwaeds, William Huntee Eeynolds, Henry Howoeth, George Maurice O'Eorke, Edward Cephas John Stevens, and Jonas Woodwaed, to be Commissioners for the like purposes, and with the like powers and duties, as are mentioned, expressed, and contained in the said recited Commission of the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, but so, nevertheless, that you do, within fourteen days after the date of this Commission, or as much sooner as the same can be done (using all diligence), certify to me, under your hands and seals, or under the hands and seals of any three of you, your several proceedings and your opinion touching the matters in the said Commission of the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and in this Commission respectively mentioned. Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Eerguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the said Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy. W. Gisborne. Approved in Council, 24th August, 1870. Eoestee Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council.