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In witness whereof We have caused these presents to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be affixed hereto at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and in the eleventh year of Our Reign. Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order, Lieutenant-General in Our Army, 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.] B, C. FREYBERG, Governor-General. By His Excellency's Command — H. G. R. MASON, for the Minister of Internal Affairs. Approved in Council— W. O. HARVEY, 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 Pant on 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.