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me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby appoint you, the said Hugh Garden Seth Smith, Hone Heke, and Alfred Levavasour Durell Fraser, to be a Commission for the purpose of hearing and determining any appeal which may be duly lodged as aforesaid from the order of the Court granting probate of the said recited will, and of making all such investigations, inquiries, and orders as are necessary to carry out and give effect to the provisions of the said Act touching and concerning the premises.

And, further, I do hereby appoint the said Hugh Garden Seth Smith to be Chairman of this Commission.

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry hereunder, at such place or places in the said colony as you may deem expedient, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise, as may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you may think capable of affording you information in the premises; and you are hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books, documents, papers, maps, plans, accounts, or records as you shall judge likely to afford you information on the subject of this Commission, and to inquire of any person concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever.

And, using all diligence, you are required to transmit to me, under your hands and seals, your decisions, orders, and opinions resulting from such investigations and inquiries not later than the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, or such extended date as may be appointed in that behalf.

And it is hereby declared that this Commission shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry be not regularly continued from time to time by adjournment; and that you and any two of you shall and may from time to time proceed to the execution thereof and of every power, matter, or thing herein contained.

And, lastly, it is hereby declared that this Commission is issued under and subject to the provisions of “The Commissioners’ Powers Act, 1867,” and “The Commissioners’ Powers Act 1867 Amendment Act, 1872.”

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused these presents to be issued under the seal of the said colony, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

Witness our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Knight Grand Cross of our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Colony of New Zealand.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By His Excellency’s command.

J. CARROLL,
Minister in Charge of Native Affairs.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Edward VII., by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith.

To Hugh Garden Seth Smith, Esquire, Barrister, and Hone Heke and Alfred Levavasour Durell Fraser, Esquires, Members of the House of Representatives, and to all to whom these presents shall come: Greeting.

WHEREAS by section eighteen of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Order in Council to appoint a Royal Commission to hear and determine disputes respecting ownership and boundaries of the Awanui-Haparapara Block, containing one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven acres; the Maraeahako Block, containing one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four acres; the Tunapahore Block, containing five thousand four hundred and forty-nine acres; and the subdivisions of the Kapuarangi Block, known as Kapuarangi West, containing nine thousand acres, Kapuarangi No. 1a, containing five hundred acres, Kapuarangi No. 1b, containing two thousand nine hundred acres, and Kapuarangi No. 3, containing ten thousand five hundred and forty-nine acres—be all the aforesaid acreages more or less: and that all the former orders of the Native Land Court or of the Native Appellate Court affecting these lands aforesaid are thereby declared void:

And whereas by section fifty-one of the said Act it is also enacted that every order made by a Royal Commission under the provisions of the said Act shall be deemed to be an order of the Native Appellate Court, and shall, on being assented to by the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, have effect given to it accordingly:

And whereas it appears expedient that these presents should issue:

Know ye, therefore, that I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby appoint you, the said Hugh Garden Seth Smith, Hone Heke, and Alfred Levavasour Durell Fraser, to be a Commission for the purpose of hearing and determining any disputes which may be duly brought before you touching the ownership or boundaries of the said several blocks and subdivisions of blocks of Native lands respectively, and generally with respect thereto to make all such investigations, inquiries, and orders as are necessary to carry out and give effect to the provisions of the said Act touching and concerning the premises.

And, further, I do appoint the said Hugh Garden Seth Smith to be Chairman of this Commission.

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry hereunder at such place or places in the said colony as you may deem expedient, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise, as may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you may think capable of affording you information in the premises; and you are hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books, documents, papers, maps, plans, accounts, or records as you shall judge likely to afford you information on the subject of this Commission, and to inquire of any person concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever.

And, using all diligence, you are required to transmit to me, under your hands and seals, your decisions, orders, and opinions resulting from such investigations and inquiries not later than the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, or such extended date as may be appointed in that behalf.

And it is hereby declared that this Commission shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry be not regularly continued from time to time by adjournment; and that you and any two of you shall and may from time to time proceed to the execution thereof and of every power, matter, or thing herein contained.

And, lastly, it is hereby declared that this Commission is issued under and subject to the provisions of “The Commissioners’ Powers Act, 1867,” and “The Commissioners’ Powers Act 1867 Amendment Act, 1872.”

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused these presents to be issued under the seal of the said colony, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

Witness our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Knight Grand Cross of our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Colony of New Zealand.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By His Excellency’s command.

J. CARROLL,
Minister in Charge of Native Affairs.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!