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whether the pasturage of the said lands was deteriorating, and, if so, the cause of such deterioration, and how best to remedy the same and improve the conditions of settlement of the said lands : And whereas by a Warrant dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the order of reference to the said Commission was extended so as to include the pastoral Grown lands in the Land District of Marlborough in the scope of its inquiry and report: And whereas it is considered expedient that Arthur John Murray, Esquire, Farmer, of Kekerangu, should be appointed an additional member of the said Commission : Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Saviie, 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 appoint the said Arthur John Murray, Esquire, of Kekerangu, to be a member of the said Commission; 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. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William dc Brito Saviie, 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-Ohief 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 fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty. D. Ti. GUTHRIE, Approved in Executive Council. Minister of Lands. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council. God save the King !

BEPOK T. To His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Saviie, 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. May it please Your Excellency, We, the Commissioners appointed by Your Excellency on the Ist day of April, 1920, to inquire by all lawful means whether the pastoral Crown lands in the Land Districts of Canterbury, Otago, Southland, and Marlborough (this latter land district being added to the scope of our inquiries by a Warrant elated the 25th day of May, 1920) are being leased and utilized in the best manner, and whether the pasturage of the said lands is deteriorating; and, if so, the cause of such deterioration, and how best to remedy the same and to improve the conditions of settlement of the said lands, and to report on the several