to the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908, and on and after the date
so specified the land to which the Order relates shall become subject
to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924 :
And whereas the Land Board of the North Auckland Land
District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the portions
of the Poketoetoe and Pukewhau Kauri-gum Reserves as described
in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operations of the
Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908, and it is expedient to give effect
to such recommendation :
Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg,
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section
one hundred and sixty-two of the Land Act, 1924, and acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the portions of
the Poketoetoe and Pukewhau Kauri-gum Reserves as described
in the Schedule hereto shall, from the thirty-first day of August,
one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, cease to be subject
to the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that area in the Mangonui County, containing by admeasurement
80 acres 2 roods and 22·5 perches, more or less, being parts
of Poketoetoe and Pukewhau Kauri-gum Reserves, now parts
of Section 35, Block VIII, Rangaunu Survey District. As the
same is more particularly delineated on plan L. and S. 22/4192A,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, and thereon edged red.
W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 22/4192.)

Lands temporarily reserved in the Auckland and Westland Land
Districts
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the
Land Act, [No. 51
ROYAL Commission to Inquire into and Report upon certain Matters
arising out of the Acquisition and Disposal of Surplus Assets
by the War Assets Realization Board
GEORGE THE SIXTH by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland,
and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender
of the Faith :
To Our Trusty and Well-beloved JAMES RANKIN BARTHOLOMEW,
Esquire, C.M.G., LL.B., of Dunedin : GREETING.
WHEREAS it has been alleged that the acquisition and disposal of
certain assets—namely, the motor-vehicles made available to
the War Assets Realization Board constituted under the War Assets
Realization Board Regulations 1945 by a declaration by the United
States Joint Purchasing Board dated the 24th day of October,
1945—has not been carried out by the War Assets Realization
Board carefully, diligently, in a businesslike and efficient manner,
and with faithfulness to the interests of the State : And whereas
We have deemed it expedient that a Commission should issue to
inquire into the circumstances of such acquisition and disposal:
Now know ye that We, reposing trust and confidence in your
impartiality, integrity, and ability, do hereby nominate, constitute,
and appoint you, the said
James Rankin Bartholomew
to be a Commission to inquire into the proceedings of the War
Assets Realization Board in relation to the acquisition and disposal
of the said assets, and into the question whether the members and
officers of the War Assets Realization Board acted in relation
thereto carefully, diligently, in a businesslike and efficient manner,
and with faithfulness to the interests of the State :
And generally to inquire into and report upon such other
matters arising out of the premises as may come to your notice
in the course of your inquiries and which you consider should be
investigated in connection therewith :
And for the better enabling you to carry these Presents into
effect you are hereby authorized and empowered to make and
conduct any inquiry under these Presents at such time and place
as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time
and place to place as you think fit, and so that these Presents shall
continue in force, and the inquiry may at any time and place be
resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from
place to place :
And to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise as
may be allowed by law such person or persons as you think capable
of affording to you information in the premises :
And you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine
all such books, papers, plans, documents, or records as you deem
likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject-matter
of the inquiry hereby directed to be made, and to inquire of and
concerning the premises by all lawful means whatsoever, and to do
all things and exercise all powers that might be done or exercised
under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908 :
And, using all diligence, you are required to report to His
Excellency the Governor-General under your hand and seal not
later than the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-six, your findings and opinions on the matter aforesaid,
together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in
respect thereof :
And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you
shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to His
Excellency the Governor-General in pursuance of these Presents
or by His Excellency’s direction, the contents of any report so made
or to be made by you :
And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these Presents are issued
under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty dated
the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen,
and under the authority of and subject to the provisions of the
Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand :
In witness whereof We have caused this Our Commission to
be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be
hereunto affixed at Wellington, this eighteenth day of July, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and
in the tenth year of Our Reign.
Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Bernard Cyril
Freyberg, on whom has been conferred the Victoria
Cross, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight
Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Dis-
tinguished Service Order, Lieutenant-General in His
Majesty’s Army, Governor-General and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand
and its Dependencies, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion.
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General.
Approved in Council—
W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 3, Block XXIV, Town of Rotorua, Block I, Tarawera
Survey District : Area, 1 acre 2 roods and 2·9 perches, more or less.
(S.O. plan 33034.) (Recreation.)
Section 2, Block XXIV, Town of Rotorua, Block I, Tarawera
Survey District : Area, 5·9 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 33034.)
(Site for a town hall and municipal buildings.)
Allotment 2 of Section 19, Town of Raglan, Block I, Karioi
Survey District : Area, 3 acres 1 rood and 14 perches, more or less.
(S.O. plan 32992.) (Recreation.)
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT
Reserve 1870, Block XII, Greymouth Survey District : Area,
1 acre and 1·5 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 4335.) (Cemetery.)
Reserve 1871 (formerly part Lot 1 of Section 2303), Block XII,
Greymouth Survey District : Area, 2 roods and 28·4 perches, more
or less. (S.O. plan 4335.) (Cemetery.)
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 16th day of July, 1946.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 16/923, 6/3/284, XI/7/325.)
Consul-General of Denmark at Wellington to receive Moneys or
Personal Chattels payable to Subjects of Denmark
PURSUANT to the provisions of section 52 of the Public Trust
Office Act, 1908, as amended by section 54 of the Public
Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, Lieutenant-General Sir
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby notify that moneys or personal chattels
payable or deliverable by the Public Trustee to subjects of Denmark
resident therein may be paid or delivered to the Consul-General of
Denmark at Wellington.
Given under my hand, this 13th day of July, 1946.
B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General.