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EXTENDING TIME AND ORDER OF REFERENCE OF PASTORAL LANDS COMMISSION. Liverpool, Governor-General. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Robert Thomas Sadd, Esq., Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor for the Otago Land District; William Blyth Buckhurst, Esq., Land Valuer, of Christohurch ; Leonard Cockayne, Esq., E.E.S., F.L.S., F.N.Z.lnst;, L'h.l)., of Ngaio, Wellington; Dickson Jardine, Esq., Pastoralist, of Birchwood, Southland; Robert Scott, Esq., Farmer, of Kyeburn, Otago; Archibald Mclnnes, Esq., Farmer, of Otiake, Otago; and Charles Todd, Esq., Merchant, of Dunedin : Greeting. Whereas by a Warrant dated the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and issued under my hand and the public seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report on the pastoral Crown lands of the Land Districts of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, and you were directed and required to report to me not later than the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty : And whereas it is deemed expedient to extend the order of reference to the said Commission so as to include the pastoral Crown lands in the Land District of Marlborough in the scope of its inquiry and report, and to extend the said period as hereinafter provided ; Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby extend the order of reference to the said Commission so as to include the pastoral Crown lands in the Land District of Marlborough in the scope of its inquiry and report, and do hereby declare and appoint that the time at or before which you shall present to me your report aforesaid is hereby extended to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty. And with the like advice and consent and in further pursuance of the said power and authority I do hereby confirm the said Commission as herein extended and varied. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty. D. H. GUTHRIE, Approved in Executive Council. Minister of Lands. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council. God save the King !

\ I , POINTING AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN PASTORAL LANDS COMMISSION. Liverpool, Governor-General. Whereas by a Warrant dated the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, certain persons therein named were appointed a Commission to ascertain whether the pastoral Crown lands of the Land Districts of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland were being leased and utilized in the best manner, and