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1920. NEW ZEALAND.

TRADE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND FIJI, TONGA, WESTERN SAMOA, AND COOK ISLANDS (REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDITIONS OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of Hit Excellency.

COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORT UPON THE CONDITIONS OF TRADE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND FIJI, TONGA, WESTERN SAMOA, AND COOK ISLANDS. Liverpool, Governor-General. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to George Elliot, Esquire, of Auckland ; William Eichard Pearson, Esquire, of Timaru ; and Thomas Wilson, Esquire, of Wellington : Greeting. Whereas it is desirable that inquiry should be made into the conditions of trade between the Dominion of New Zealand and the Territories of Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa, and the Cook Islands, and into the best means of promoting and encouraging an increase of trade between New Zealand and the said Territories : Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-Genefal of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby constitute and appoint you, the said George Elliot, William Richard Pearson, and Thomas Wilson, to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon — (a.) The conditions of trade between New Zealand and Fiji; (b.) The conditions of trade between New Zealand and Tonga ; (c.) The conditions of trade between New Zealand and Western Samoa ; (d.) The conditions of trade between New Zealand and the Cook Islands ; (c.) The best means of promoting and encouraging an increase of trade between New Zealand and the said Territories. And with the like advice and consent I do further appoint you, George Elliot, to be Chairman of the said Commission.

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