May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1311

Appointment of Customs Tariff Commission, 1933.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to GEORGE CRAIG, Esquire, C.M.G., LL.D., Comptroller of Customs; JAMES BURMAN GOW, Esquire, of Whakatane, Settler; BERNARD EDWARD MURPHY, Esquire, M.A., LL.B., B.Com., Professor of Economics, Victoria University College, Wellington; and GEORGE AUGUSTUS PASCOE, Esquire, of Christchurch, Company Director: GREETING.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby appoint you, the said

George Craig,
James Burman Gow,
Bernard Edward Murphy, and
George Augustus Pascoe

to be a Commission to inquire into the Customs Tariff of New Zealand, and to recommend for consideration by the Government any alterations therein, having regard to existing trade agreements to which New Zealand is a party and particularly to the agreement concluded at Ottawa in 1932 between His Majesty’s Governments in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand; to the financial, economic, and industrial conditions in the Dominion; to the reasonable requirements of local industries which are being conducted in an efficient manner and are economically justifiable; and to all other relevant considerations:

And with the like advice and consent I do further appoint you, the said

George Craig,

to be the Chairman of the said Commission:

And you are hereby authorized to conduct any inquiries under these presents at such times and places as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise such persons as you think capable of affording you information as to the matters aforesaid, and to call for and examine all such documents as you deem likely to afford you information on any such matters:

And using all due diligence, you are required to report to me, under your hands and seals, not later than the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, your opinion on the aforesaid matters:

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 or purport of any report so made or to be made by you:

And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue in force although the inquiry is not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place:

And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908.

[L.S.] Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 9th day of May, 1933.

                                                                                                                           J. G. COATES,
                                                                                                                           Minister of Customs.

Approved in Council.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.