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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 76

Now know ye, that We, reposing trust and confidence in your
impartiality, knowledge, and ability, do hereby nominate, constitute,
and appoint you, the said

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 times and places
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 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 or any evidence or information obtained by you in the
exercise of the powers hereby conferred upon you except such
evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open
to the public:

And you are hereby authorized to report your proceedings and
findings under this Our Commission from time to time if you shall
judge it expedient so to do:

And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to His
Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your hands not
later than the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and
fifty, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together
with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect
thereof:

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 sixth day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, and in the thirteenth
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
[L.S.] 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—
P. FRASER, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Approved in Council—
T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Sir Michael Myers,
Hubert Maxwell Christie, and
Richard Ormsby

to be a Commission:

(a) In respect of the sums of money paid by the Aotea District
Maori Land Board as aforesaid, to inquire and report—
(i) Whether the charge imposed upon Maori lands, pursuant
to section 14 of the Maori Purposes Act, 1935, ought,
in equity and good conscience, to have been imposed
upon the whole or any part of such lands;
(ii) Whether, in equity and good conscience, the Maori
owners of such lands if liable ought to have been
rendered liable for the repayment of the whole or any
part of the moneys paid by the said Board to the
Egmont Box Company, Limited, pursuant to the
said section;
(iii) If it be reported that such charge ought not, in equity
and good conscience, to have been imposed and that in
equity and good conscience the said Maori owners if
liable should not have been rendered liable for the
repayment of the whole or any part of the said moneys
as aforesaid, then to recommend what further sum,
if any, should now be paid to the said Board by the
Crown in respect of interest moneys and the costs and
expenses incurred by the said Board in defending
actions brought against it with regard to the payment
of the said moneys:

(b) In respect of the Tarawera and Tataraakina Blocks
aforesaid, to inquire and report—
(i) Whether, due regard being had to all the circumstances,
there should have been any amendment in the titles
to any portions of the said blocks;
(ii) If it be reported that there should have been no such
amendment in the title to any portion or portions of
either of the said blocks, then to recommend what
measures should be adopted by the Government to
remedy any injustice which might have been suffered
by any person or persons as a result of such
amendment:

(c) In respect of the Mohaka Block aforesaid, to inquire and
report—
(i) Whether, due regard being had to the method generally
employed in the conduct of transactions with the
Maoris for the cession of land to the Crown at the
time when the said Mohaka Block was acquired by the
Crown, any injustice has been or would be done to the
former Maori owners of the said Block or their
descendants or representatives, or any of them, in
asserting or maintaining the Crown's title to the said
Mohaka Block, or any of such portions thereof as
are now Crown lands;
(ii) If it be reported that any injustice has been done or
would be done as aforesaid, then to recommend whether
the former Maori owners of the said Mohaka Block
or their descendants or representatives or any of
them should have any portion of the said Mohaka
Block returned to them, or whether compensation in
money or money's worth should now be granted to
such former owners or their descendants or representatives, or any of them;
(iii) If it be reported that compensation should be so granted,
then to recommend what the extent of such
compensation should be:

(d) In respect of the Opouturi Block aforesaid, to inquire and
report—
(i) Whether due regard being had to all the circumstances,
it is reasonably established that the interests of all or
any of the former Maori owners of the said Opouturi
Block were extinguished by a deed of conveyance
to the Crown;
(ii) If it be reported that it is reasonably established that
the interests of the former Maori owners or any of
them were not so extinguished, then to recommend
whether the former Maori owners or their descendants
or representatives, or any of them, should have any
portion of the said Opouturi Block returned to them,
or whether compensation in money or money's worth
should now be granted to such former owners or
their descendants or representatives, or any of them;
(iii) If it be reported that compensation should be so granted,
then to recommend what the extent of such
compensation should be:

Provided, however, that in any case where you shall see fit to
recommend that compensation in money or money's worth be granted
in respect of the purchases or cessions hereinbefore set forth, you shall
have regard to the value of the land, as nearly as may be, at the time
of the purchase or cession thereof and not to any later increment in
the value thereof:

Provided, further, that you shall be at full liberty to disregard
or differ from any findings, whether of fact or otherwise, conclusions,
opinions, or recommendations of any former tribunal in respect of
any matters or questions of similar character or import to those
confided to you by these presents:

And We do hereby appoint you, the said
SIR MICHAEL MYERS
to be chairman of the said Commission:

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, Retirements, and
Cancellation of Commission of Officers of the New Zealand
Military Forces

Army Department
Wellington, 6th December, 1949.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve
of the following appointments, promotions, transfers,
resignations, retirements, and cancellation of commission of officers
of the New Zealand Military Forces:

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY
Territorial Force—
John Shaw (late Flight Lieutenant, R.N.Z.A.F.) to be
Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st July, 1946, and is posted to the
13th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1st
October, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Territorial Force—
Captain (temp. Major) A. S. Nicolson, 3rd Armoured Regiment,
R.N.Z.A.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List,
The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Major, with
seniority from 3rd February, 1942. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Temp. Lieutenant F. A. Hadfield, 3rd Armoured Regiment,
R.N.Z.A.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List,
The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant,
with seniority from 1st January, 1945. Dated 1st May, 1949.
Temp. Lieutenant F. G. Conway, D.C.M., 3rd Armoured
Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of
Lieutenant. Dated 24th November, 1949.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant A. Gillies, 3rd Armoured Regiment,
R.N.Z.A.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List,
The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant,
with seniority from 28th August, 1943. Dated 1st May, 1949.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
Territorial Force—
Captain A. D. Lawless, 3rd Composite Squadron, R.N.Z. Sigs,
is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 21st
October, 1949.