Nov. 27] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1847

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election to administer Estates

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth:

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 25th November, 1947.

W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

Notice under the Regulations Act, 1936

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the Regulations Act, 1936, of the making of regulations and orders as under:

Copies can be purchased at the Government Printing and Stationery Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

E. V. PAUL, Government Printer.

Extending Period within which the Commission appointed to Inquire into and Report upon Gaming and Racing Matters in New Zealand shall report

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 the HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GEORGE PANTON FINLAY, of Auckland, a Judge of the Supreme Court; WILLIAM HENRY FREEMAN, Esquire, of Hamilton, Stipendiary Magistrate; and JOSEPH WILLIAM ALLAN HEENAN, Esquire, C.B.E., of Wellington, Under-Secretary for Internal Affairs: GREETING.

WHEREAS by Our Warrant dated the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, you, the said

George Panton Finlay,
William Henry Freeman, and
Joseph William Allan Heenan
were appointed 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 the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to be a Commission of Inquiry for the purposes in the said Warrant duly set out:

And whereas by Our said Warrant you were required to report not later than the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, your findings and opinions on the matters referred to you:

And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, the time within which you were so required to report was extended until the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven:

And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the time within which you were so required to report was further extended until the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven:

And whereas by Our further Warrant dated the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the time within which you were so required to report was further extended until the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven:

And whereas it is expedient that the time for so reporting should be further extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, We do hereby extend until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the time within which you are so required to report:

And We do hereby confirm the said Commission and the four respective Warrants hereinbefore referred to except as altered by these presents.

In witness whereof we have caused these presents to be issued and the Seal of Our Dominion of New Zealand to be affixed hereto at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and in the eleventh 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 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, Lieutenant-General in Our 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

By His Excellency's Command—

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approved in Council—

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 25th November, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 26th January, 1948.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 28th January, 1948, at 10.30 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.