SEPT. 27.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1361

DISTRIBUTION.

2. The whole sum voted having been set apart for prizes,
   no claims for marking, &c., can be entertained.

3. The amounts allocated to each district are to be divided
   into such prizes and competed for at such ranges as may be
   agreed upon by a committee composed of the Officer Com-
   manding the District and not less than two senior Volun-
   teer officers as members. The Commissioner of Armed Con-
   stabulary will issue rules for the prizes to be competed for
   by that force.

4. The firing for these prizes must be in accordance with
   the general rules published.

5. The competitions to take place at such times as may be
   directed by Officers Commanding districts, and they must be
   concluded before the 31st December, 1883.

6. Returns showing the conditions under which the com-
   petitions took place, the names of the prize-winners, and the
   several amounts of the prizes, together with the full scores
   of all competitors, are to be sent to the Under-Secretary for
   Defence not later than the 15th January, 1884.

Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1883.

N OTICE is hereby given that the sum of £6,000 has
been voted by Parliament for distribution to public
libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 31st January, 1884,
and no claim will be considered that shall not have been sent
in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, before the 22nd January, 1884.

Every public library maintained by rates will be entitled
to share in the distribution according to its income from
rates; and every library maintained by subscriptions and
voluntary contributions will be entitled to share according to
its income from subscriptions and voluntary contributions:
Provided in either case that the income for the year has not
been less than £2; and that admission to the library, if within
a borough, is open to the public free of charge.

The income of each library may be stated either for the
year ending 31st December, 1883, or for the year ending with
that day in the year 1883 on which the annual accounts of
the library were made up.

The distribution will not be in proportion to the several
incomes of the libraries; but a nominal addition of £25 will
be made to the amount of each income, and the vote of
£6,000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus
augmented, but so as that no institution shall receive more
than £50, and that no payment shall be made in respect of
income derived from endowments or grants from Borough or
County Councils, or of moneys received for building purposes
and not simply for the library itself.

Application to share in the distribution must be made in
the form of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or
Secretary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which
it is made; and such declaration shall be in the following
form:-

DECLARATION.

I [Name], of [Place of abode], [Occupation], do solemnly
and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or
Treasurer] of the [Name of institution]; that during the year
ending the day of , 1883, the income of the
aforesaid institution for the purposes of a library only was as
follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under
"The Public Libraries Act, 1869," pounds shillings and
pence; and from the subscriptions of members, pounds
shillings and pence; and from voluntary contributions other than mem-
bers' subscriptions, pounds shillings and
pence; and that the attached statement is a true
copy of the audited statement of the accounts of the insti-
tution for the year herein specified; and that by the rules of
the institution admission to the reading-room is open to the
public free of charge.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."

[Here affix and
cancel a stamp
at 2s. 6d.]

Signature:
Declared at , this day of , 188 , before
me—

Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[NOTE.—The words relating to free admission may be
struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in
brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be
inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of statutory declaration may be
obtained on application to the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Education Board.

THOMAS DICK.

Business under "The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
Act, 1867."

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.—DIVORCE AND
MATRIMONIAL CAUSES' JURISDICTION.

N OTICE is hereby given that three or more of the Judges
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand will sit at the
Supreme Courthouse, Wellington, on Monday, the 12th No-
vember next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for the despatch
of business accruing under "The Divorce and Matrimonial
Causes Act, 1867."

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of September, 1883.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Chief Justice.

Tenders for Inland Mail Services.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1883.

S EALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post Office,
Dunedin, until Saturday, the 20th October proximo,
for the conveyance of mails between the under-mentioned
places for a period of one and also two years from the 1st
January, 1884.

1. Cromwell and Bendigo, once weekly.
2. Cromwell and Pembroke viâ Bendigo and Hawea
   Flat, once weekly.
3. Cromwell and Pembroke viâ Luggate, once weekly.
4. Cromwell and Queenstown, thrice weekly.
5. Lawrence and Cromwell, thrice weekly.
6. Naseby and Clyde viâ St. Bathans and Cambrian,
   twice weekly.
7. Palmerston and Naseby, twice weekly.
8. Palmerston and Naseby viâ Macraes and Hyde, once
   weekly.
   9. Pembroke and Cardrona, once weekly.
   10. Pomahaka Railway Siding and Schoolhouse, Wai-
   koikoi, twice weekly.

*Services may be terminated by the Postmaster-General
on his giving one month's notice in writing.

Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract,
may be procured at any post office.

No tender will be considered unless made on the printed
form.

Tenders, indorsed "Tender for Mail Service, No. ," to
be addressed to the Postmaster-General, Wellington, and
enclosed to the Chief Postmaster, Dunedin.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.