WARRANT OF APPOINTMENT. 
Now know ye, that We, reposing great trust and confidence 
in your knowledge and ability, have authorised and appointed, 
and do by these Presents authorise and appoint you, the said 
CHARLES NAPIER, Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate (Chairman), 
Sir JoHN ANDERSON, Sir HumpHRY DAVY ROLLESTON, Sir 
ALFRED WiLriaM WATSON, Sir ARTHUR WORLEY, Sir ANDREW 
RAE Duncan, ARTHUR DigBYy BESANT, FRED BRAMLEY, JAMES 
Cook, JomN KEvans, ALEXANDER GRAY, WILLIAM JONES, 
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HARRISON BELL, and GERTRUDE MARY 
TuckWELL to be Our Commissioners for the purposes of the 
said inquiry : 
And for the better effecting the purposes of this Our Com- 
mission, We do by these Presents give and grant unto you, or 
any three or more of you, full power to call before you such 
persons as you shall judge likely to afford you any information 
upon the subject of this Our Commission ; to call for information 
in writing and also to call for, have access to and examine all 
such books, documents, registers and records as may afford you 
the fullest information on the subject, and to inquire of and 
concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means 
whatsoever : 
And We do by these Presents authorise and empower you, or 
any of you, to visit such places as you may deem expedient for 
the more effectual carrying out of the purposes aforesaid : 
And We do by these Presents will and ordain that this Our 
Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that 
you, Our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you, may 
from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every 
matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not 
continued from time to time by adjournment : 
And We do further ordain that you, or any three or more of 
you, have liberty to report your proceedings under this Our 
Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient 
go to do - 
And Our further will and pleasure is that you do, with as little 
delay as possible, report to Us, under your hands and seals, or 
under the hands and seals of any three or more of you, your 
opinion upon the matter herein submitted for your consideration : 
Given at Our Court at St. James’s the eleventh day of July, 
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, in the 
fifteenth vear of Our Reign. 
By His Majesty's Command, 
ARTHUR HENDERSON. 
Royal Commission on National Health Insurance. 
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