JUNE 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1253

General Manager of Railways of that colony, to be our Com-
missioners for the purpose of making inquiry into the mat-
ters specified in our said Commission: And whereas since
the issue of our said Commission the said Arthur Morrison
and Frederick Back have, with our consent, retired from and
resigned the duties of Commissioners, and We have appointed
you, the said James McKerrow and John Graham, to be our
Commissioners in the place of the said Arthur Morrison and
Frederick Back: And whereas in our said Commission We
declare that We had deemed it advisable that our said Royal
Commission should be issued to obtain the evidence desired
by the Committee of the House of Representatives therein
referred to, and to ascertain certain facts and valuations
which might thereby be more conveniently ascertained:
And whereas We deem it advisable that the further facts
and valuations hereinafter in our present Commission spe-
cified should be ascertained:

Now, therefore, know ye that We, reposing great trust and
confidence in your zeal, knowledge, and ability, do by these
presents constitute and appoint you to be our Commissioners
for the purpose of making inquiry into and ascertaining the
matters following, in addition to the matters specified in our
said Commission of the thirty-first day of January, one thou-
sand nine hundred and one, that is to say,--

1. (a.) Excluding any increase of value of traffic which
   would or might accrue from railways continuing or connect-
   ing with the said lines of railway at either end thereof, but
   adopting any method of ascertaining the selling-value of the
   said lines of railway which may appear to you just and
   equitable, and ascertaining thereby what in your opinion is
   the highest amount which could have been realised by a sale
   of the said lines of railway immediately after the Govern-
   ment of our said colony took possession of the same from a
   purchaser other than the Government of our said colony,
   and deducting from such amount the aggregate amounts of
   the B1 values of the land granted by Us to the New Zealand
   Midland Railway Company (Limited), and the value of the
   Crown lands occupied for purposes of the said railway and
   the construction-work, and moneys provided by Us out of
   our Colonial Treasury, would any, and, if so, what, sum
   remain to be divided between the shareholders and deben-
   ture-holders of the said company?

(b.) Proceeding in the same manner, but deducting the
aggregate amounts received by the company from the lands
granted by Us, and the sums provided out of our Colonial
Treasury, and the value of the Crown lands occupied as
aforesaid and the construction-work, and moneys provided
by Us as aforesaid, would any, and, if so, what, sum remain
to be divided between the shareholders and debenture-
holders of the said company?

2. Adopting the method prescribed by our said original
   Commission for the ascertainment by you of the selling-
   value of the said lines of railway, and making the deductions
   from the value so ascertained directed by sub-paragraphs
   (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of this present Commission, would
   any, and, if so, what, sum remain in either cases respec-
   tively to be divided between the shareholders and debenture-
   holders of the said company?

And our further will and pleasure is that you, or any three
of you, do report to Us under your hands and seals your
opinion upon the several matters herein submitted for your
consideration, together with and as part of your report under
our said original Commission, as if the matters herein speci-
fied had been set forth in our said original Commission.

And, for the better enabling you to carry these presents
into effect, We authorise and empower you, or any three of
you, to make and conduct your inquiry under these presents
in the same manner and with the same powers as you are
authorised and empowered by our said original Commission
to make and conduct your inquiries thereunder.

In testimony whereof We have caused these our letters to
be made patent, and the Seal of our said Colony to be here-
unto affixed.

Witness our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved
Cousin, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Commander of our Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George;
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
our Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies; and issued under the Seal of our said
Colony, at Wellington, this first day of June, one
thousand nine hundred and one, in the first year
of our reign.

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
R. STOUT.
Approved in Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1901.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
ARTHUR HAWKE
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Rangitikei.
C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1901.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
JAMES JOHNSTON GREENE
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for
the District of Hutt.
C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Westland District,
appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1901.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
GUSTAV HAUSSMANN,
JAMES WEBSTER, and
WILLIAM MCKENZIE HARCOURT
to be Rangers, under "The Animals Protection Act, 1880,"
and the Acts amending the same, for the District of West-
land.
C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Registrar of Electors, Wairau Electoral District, appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1901.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint
JOHN TERRY
to be Registrar of Electors, under "The Electoral Act, 1893,"
for the Electoral District of Wairau, vice J. B. Stoney;
appointment to date from the 29th May, 1901.
C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Reappointment of Governor of Victoria College Council.
Education Department,
Wellington, 4th June, 1901.
HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to reappoint
JOHN GRAHAM, Esq., M.H.R.,
to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Victoria
College, as from the 4th May, 1901.
W. C. WALKER.

Inspector of Factories appointed.
Department of Labour,
Wellington, 31st May, 1901.
HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to
be an Inspector under "The Factories Act, 1894," and to
assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:-
Name. District.
Constable GEORGE HENRY The North Island of the
HARRIS Colony of New Zealand, and
the islands adjacent thereto.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.