had in such inquiry to the agricultural, commercial, and
industrial interests of our said colony; to the question of the
defence thereof; to matters of a judicatory nature; to matters
affecting the Customs, railways, and postal arrangements of
our said colony; to matters affecting the public indebtedness
of our said colony, the public indebtedness of the colonies
under the Commonwealth; and in respect to the social and
political bearing of the question; and generally to all matters
which in your opinion may be of assistance in enabling
Parliament to arrive at a proper conclusion in respect of the
subjects of this inquiry.

And if you are of opinion that for the present the federation
of our said colony with the Commonwealth of Australia
is premature or inadvisable, you are to inquire and report as
to the establishment of a reciprocal treaty or agreement
between the said Commonwealth and our said colony; and
if in your opinion the latter course is the more desirable,
you will inquire and indicate in your report the lines upon
which such reciprocal treaty or agreement should be based.

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents
into effect, we do authorise and empower you to make and
conduct any inquiry under these presents at such place or
places within the Commonwealth of Australia or of our said
colony as you may deem expedient, and to call before you
such persons as you may judge necessary, by whom you may
be better informed of the matters herein submitted for your
consideration, and also to call for and examine all such
records, books, documents, and papers as you consider likely
to afford you the fullest information on the subject of this
our Commission, and to inquire of and concerning the
premises by all other lawful ways and means.

And our further will and pleasure is that you, or any five
or more of you, do report to us under your hands and seals,
with as little delay as is consistent with a due discharge of
the duties hereby imposed on you, your opinion on the
several matters herein submitted for your consideration, with
power to certify to us from time to time your several proceed-
ings in respect of any of the matters aforesaid if it seems
expedient for you so to do.

And we further do declare that this our Commission shall
continue in full force and virtue until the thirty-first day of
May, one thousand nine hundred and one, and that you, our
said Commissioners, or any five or more of you, shall and
may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof,
although the same be not continued from time to time by
adjournment.

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

Witness our Right Trusty and 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
(L.S.) New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued
under the Seal of our said Colony, at Wellington,
this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of
Our Lord one thousand nine hundred, and in the
sixty-fourth year of our reign.

RANFURLY,
Approved in Council— Governor.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Borough of Kumara,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1901.

H IS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN CULLINANE
to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under "The
Weights and Measures Act, 1868," and the Acts amending
the same, for the Borough of Kumara, vice Constable F. A.
Wilson.

J. G. WARD.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1901.

H IS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen
to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of
Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite
their names, viz:—

Name.
District.
Arthur Samuel Pirani . . . . . . Wainui.
Alfred William Kirton . . . . . Pleasant Point.
Thomas Walter Vaughan . . . . Hunterville.
Romulus Blakley . . . . . . Hokitika.
John Herbert Porter . . . . . . Malvern.
Henry Adolphus Richards . . . . Waimangaroa.
Henry George Greatbatch . . . . Whangarei.

J. G. WARD.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 10th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

R. HAINES
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Marsden, vice J. M. McKay, resigned.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 14th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

Constable RICHARD LANIGAN
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Papakura, from the
9th instant, vice Constable G. Foreman, transferred; and

Constable GEORGE FOREMAN
to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Otahuhu, from the
9th instant, vice Sergeant M. Walker, transferred.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Appointment in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 8th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

ARCHIBALD HUGH BOGLE
to be a cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey, as
from the 3rd of September, 1900.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Assistant Inspector of Industrial Schools appointed.

Education Department,

Wellington, 16th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

ROLAND HENRY POPE, Esq.,
to be an Assistant Inspector of Industrial Schools.

W. C. WALKER.

Cadette in Lands and Deeds Department appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,

Wellington, 14th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint

FLORENCE E. McMILLAN
to be a clerical cadette in the Lands and Deeds Department,
as from the 1st day of January, 1901.

W. C. WALKER.
For Commissioner of Stamps.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,

Wellington, 16th January, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to appoint the undermentioned 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 RICHARD LANIGAN The North Island of the Co-
lony of New Zealand, and
the islands adjacent thereto.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Labour.