830 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 42

Commission appointing Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg to be
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th June, 1946.

THE following Commission, appointing Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg
to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand,
is published for general information.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 85/1/6.)

[SEAL.] NEW ZEALAND
COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, V.C., G.C.M.G.,
K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., LL.D., to be Governor-General and
Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand.

Dated 15th February, 1946. GEORGE R. I.

GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland
and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender
of the Faith, Emperor of India: To Our Trusty and Well-
beloved Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, upon whom has been
conferred the Decoration of the Victoria Cross, Knight Grand
Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire, Companion of Our Distinguished
Service Order, Doctor of Laws, Lieutenant-General in Our
Army, GREETING :

WE do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet,
appoint you the said Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg to be, during Our
pleasure, Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over
Our Dominion of New Zealand, with all the powers, rights, privileges,
and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.

II. And We do hereby authorize, empower, and command you to
exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained
in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date at West-
minster the Eleventh day of May, 1917, constituting the said Office of
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, and in certain other Letters
Patent under the Great Seal, bearing date at Westminster the Eighteenth
day of December, 1918, amending the same, or in any other Letters
Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to
such Orders and Instructions as the Governor-General and Commander-
in-Chief for the time being hath already received, or as you may hereafter
receive from Us.

III. And We do hereby appoint that so soon as you shall have
taken the prescribed Oaths and have entered upon the duties of your
Office, this Our present Commission shall supersede Our Commission
under Our Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date the Tenth day of
February, 1941, appointing Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Cyril
Louis Norton Newall, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, Member of Our Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross
of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, on
whom has been conferred the Albert Medal of the First Class, Marshal
of Our Royal Air Force, to be Our Governor-General and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers,
Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Dominion, and all others
whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready
obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Fifteenth day of February,
1946, in the tenth year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty's Command,

P. FRASER.

COMMISSION appointing
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, V.C., G.C.M.G.,
K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., LL.D., to be Governor-General
and Commander-in-Chief, Dominion of New Zealand.

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.