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fit, and so that these presents shall continue in force and. the inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from place to place : And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose save to me in pursuance of these presents, or by my direction, the contents of any report so made or to be made by you or any evidence or information obtained by you in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred upon you except such evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open to the public : And it is hereby declared that the powers hereby conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the absence at any time of any one of the members hereby appointed so long as the Chairman or a member deputed by the Chairman to act in his stead and one other member be present and concur in the exercise of such powers : And it is hereby further declared that you have liberty to report your proceedings and findings under this Commission from time to time as you judge it expedient so to do : And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to me in writing under your hands not later than the seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof: And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents ( are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquirv Act, 1908. Given in Executive Council under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand and issued under the Seal of that Dominion this 3rd day of March, 1949. [L.s.] M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health. Approved in Council— T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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