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of Our Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, on whom has been conferred Our Albert Medal of the First Class, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion. [l.s.] C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General. By His Excellency's Command — W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs. Approved in Council— W. 0. HARVEY, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council. Extending Period within which the Commission appointed to Inquire into and Report upon Gaming and Racing Matters in New Zealand shall report George the Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith : To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Honourable Mr. Justice George Panton Finlay, of Auckland, a Judge of the Supreme Court ; William Henry Freeman, Esquire, of Hamilton, Stipendiary Magistrate ; and Joseph William Allan Heenan, Esquire, C.8.E., of Wellington, UnderSecretary for Internal Affairs : Greeting. , Whereas by Our Warrant dated the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, you, the said George Panton Finlay, William Henry Freeman, and Joseph William Allan Heenan, were appointed under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and 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 duly set out :