to and along the northern, western, and southern boundaries
of Lot 1, D.P. 26430, the western side of Shelly Bay Road,
the northern, western, and southern boundaries of Lot 2,
D.P. 26430, the western side of Shelly Bay Road and Cobham
Drive, to a point on the production of the southern side of
Miramar Avenue; thence westerly along a right line on the
production of the last-mentioned line, to and along the line
of mean high water at Evans Bay to a point due east of the
intersection of the northern side of Cobham Drive with the
eastern side of Evans Bay Parade; thence westerly along a
right line to the aforesaid intersection; thence generally
northerly along the eastern side of Evans Bay Parade, to a
point due east of the easternmost corner of Lot 1, D.P. 11286;
thence easterly along a right line on the production of the
last-mentioned line, to the line of mean high water; thence
generally northerly and westerly along the aforesaid line of
mean high water, to and along the south-western side of the
Freyberg Pool and its production to the northern side of
Oriental Parade; thence generally westerly along the northern
side of Oriental Parade and Herd Street to the south-eastern
corner of Lot 1, D.P. 42332; thence generally westerly and
northerly along the southern and western boundaries of the
land defined as wharf and shown on plans numbered M.D.
13219 and 13888, lodged in the office of the Ministry of
Transport at Wellington to the eastern side of Jervois Quay;
thence generally northerly along the eastern side of Jervois,
Customhouse, Waterloo, and Aotea Quays, to and along the
southern side of the Wellington Urban Motorway viaduct
and formation, to a point due south of the southernmost
corner of Lot 72, D.P. 8007; thence southerly along a right
line on the production of the last-mentioned line, to the line
of mean high water; thence north-easterly and south-easterly
along the line of mean high water of the Wellington Harbour
and the right bank of the Hutt River, to and along the
southern side of Waione Street, the line of mean high water,
and the southern side of the Hutt Estuary Bridge, to the left
bank of the Hutt River; thence generally southerly along the
line of mean high water of the left bank of the Hutt River
and the Wellington Harbour, to and along the eastern
boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 10694, the northern boundaries of
areas C, A, and D, and the western boundaries of areas E
and B, as defined on S.O. 31984, to and along the line of
mean high water to the point of commencement and including:
Somes, Ward, Mokopuna, and Taputeranga Islands, and the
area within the wharf limits as may be defined from time to
time in accordance with section 190 of the Harbours Act 1950
at Evans Bay, Lambton Harbour, and Point Howard.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. T.P. 148/139/3)

Commission of Inquiry into the Taxation of Travelling
Allowances

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to:

WILLIAM WILSON, of Auckland, Chartered Accountant.

GREETING:

WHEREAS it is expedient that inquiry should be made into
the taxation of travelling allowances paid to employees (in-
cluding in particular the travelling allowances paid to certain
classes of employees of Air New Zealand Limited and Safe
Air Limited):

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry
Act 1908, I, The Right Honourable Sir Keith Jacka Holy-
oake, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
appoint you, the said William Wilson, to be a Commission
to inquire into, report upon, and make recommendations
upon—

(a) The terms and operation of the Income Tax Act 1976
(and its predecessor the Land and Income Tax Act
1954) in relation to the taxation of travelling allow-
ances (including travelling reimbursing payments):

(b) The form that payments or other emoluments (whether
in cash or in kind) by way of travelling allow-
ances take:

(c) Whether or not, as a general issue, it is appropriate to
tax travelling allowances:

(d) The taxation, in particular, of the travelling allow-
ances paid to those employees who work for Air
New Zealand Limited or Safe Air Limited either—
(i) On a daily basis; or
(ii) As cabin crew or technical crew operating
domestic services:

(e) The manner in which any changes recommended by
you should be implemented, including the manner
in which, and the dates on which any recommended
changes should be phased in:

(f) Any other matters that may be thought by you to be
relevant to the general or particular objects of the
inquiry:

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents
into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to
make and conduct any inquiry under these presents, in
accordance with the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, at
such times and places as you consider expedient, with power
to adjourn from time to time and from 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, except
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, or any evidence or information obtained by you in
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 it is hereby declared that you have liberty to report
your proceedings and recommendations under this Commis-
sion from time to time if you shall judge it expedient so
to do:

And, using all due diligence, you are required to report
to me in writing under your hand not later than the 30th
day of November 1979 your findings and opinions on the
matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you
think fit to make in respect thereof.

Given in Executive Council under the hand of His Excel-
lency the Governor-General this 20th day of August
1979.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Commission of Inquiry into Abbotsford Landslip Disaster

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

To whom all these presents shall come, and to:

RODNEY GERALD GALLEN, LL.B., of Napier, One of Her
Majesty's Counsel Learned in the Law;

GEORGE SAMUEL BECA, D.F.C., B.E., P.I.E. AUST., M.A.S.C.E.,
F.N.Z.I.E., of Auckland, Engineer;

JOHN DAVIDSON McCRAW, M.Sc. (GEOLOGY) N.Z., D.Sc.
(SOIL SCIENCE) VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, Professor of Earth
Sciences at the University of Waikato and Dean of the
School of Science; and

TREVOR ATHOL ROBERTS, LL.B., of Wellington, Executive
Director of the Insurance Council of New Zealand:

GREETING:

WHEREAS it is considered expedient that inquiry should be
made into the disaster by landslip which occurred at Abbots-
ford, Green Island, Dunedin, on the 8th day of August
1979, and matters incidental thereto:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry
Act 1908, I, The Right Honourable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake,
the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
appoint you the said Rodney Gerald Gallen, George Samuel
Beca, John Davidson McCraw, and Trevor Athol Roberts
to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon—

(a) The cause of the disaster by landslip which occurred
at Abbotsford, Green Island, Dunedin, on the 8th
day of August 1979:

(b) Whether modifications to the land made by man con-
tributed to the cause of the disaster and, if so, the
respective contributions of the natural conditions of
the land and those modifications:

(c) The adequacy of the measures and steps taken, before,
during, and after the landslip by persons in authority,
being measures and steps taken for the purpose of
giving warning of the landslip or coping with its
consequences:

(d) The suitability and adequacy of the legislation (if any)
relating to—
(i) The power to declare a local civil defence
emergency under the Civil Defence Act 1962, and
the powers and authorities derived from the declara-