DEC. 13.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
589, and 709 links respectively; Southerly by a road-line,
124 links; generally Westerly by lines, 609, 550, 417, 366,
and 907 links respectively, to the commencing point: be
all the aforesaid linkages more or less; the several parcels of
land being situate in the Parish of Hikurangi, Hikurangi
Road District, Provincial District of Auckland, and are more
particularly delineated upon the plan deposited as above.

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement
14 perches, being a portion of a road-line varying in width
and lying along the south-western boundary of the south-
western portion of Section No. 40, commencing at a distance
of 460 links from the northernmost angle of Section No. 41
on its north-eastern boundary. Bounded-Northerly by a
line, 102 links; generally Easterly by lines, 89 and 174 links
respectively; South-westerly by a line, 236 links, to the com-
mencing point.

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement
1 acre 1 rood 2 perches, being a road-line 100 links wide
traversing the north-western part of the north-eastern por-
tion of Section No. 41, commencing at a distance of 427
links from the northernmost angle of Section No. 41 on its
north-eastern boundary. Bounded---North-easterly by a line,
269 links; South-easterly by lines, 109, 95, 754, and 368
links respectively; South-westerly by a line, 118 links;
North-westerly by lines, 317, 750, 46, 269, and 70 links re-
spectively, to the commencing point.

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement
1 acre 1 rood 4 perches, being a road-line 100 links wide
traversing the north-western part of the northern middle
portion of Section No. 41, commencing at a point on the
north-eastern boundary of the northern middle portion of
Section No. 41 684 links distant from its northernmost angle.
Bounded-North-easterly by a line, 118 links; South-easterly
by lines, 891 and 387 links respectively; South-westerly by a
line, 127 links; North-westerly by lines, 314 and 956 links
respectively, to the commencing point.

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement
2 acres 2 roods 2 perches, being a road-line 100 links wide
traversing the north-western part of the middle portion of
Section No. 41, commencing on the north-eastern boundary
of the middle portion of Section No. 41 at a point 732 links
distant from its northernmost angle. Bounded-North-
easterly by a line, 127 links; Easterly by lines, 1083, 158, 423,
640, and 187 links respectively; South-westerly by a line,
165 links; Westerly by lines, 114, 605, 437, 206, and 1176 links
respectively, to the commencing point:

Be all the aforesaid areas and linkages more or less, and
the same being more particularly delineated upon the copy
of plan marked P.W.D. 11020, deposited as aforesaid.

Given under my hand this tenth day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

WM. ROLLESTON,
(for the Minister for Public Works.)

Authority to frank and receive.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES under "The Bankruptcy
Act, 1883,"
to frank and receive, free from the prepayment of postage,
letters and parcels posted on the public service on the
business of their department.

RICHARD OLIVER,
Postmaster-General.

Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouses.

CUSTOMS. In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882," I, the Minister acting for the Commissioner of
Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the
under-mentioned warehouses, namely,-

Port of Tauranga.

Portion of a brick building, roofed with iron, situated on
Allotment No. 4, Section No. 1 of the Town of Tauranga, to
be known as

MANN AND Co.'S BOND;

Port of Poverty Bay.

The ground floor of a concrete building, roofed with iron,
situated on Section No. 132, Palmerston Road, in the Town
of Gisborne, to be known as

COMMON'S BOND,

-to be warehouses for the reception of goods under bond.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this tenth day
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.

WM. ROLLESTON,
(the Minister acting for the Commissioner
of Trade and Customs.)

Commissioner's Order No. 193.]

Public Libraries.
1747

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1883.

NOTICE 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
day of
me-
, this
188
, before
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.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1883.

THE Loyal Valley Lodge, situated at North-East Valley,
is registered as a branch of the Otago District of the
Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 7th day of December, 1883.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. EDWIN SANDYS LUMSDAINE, in the Colony of
New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
the said colony, has been appointed this day, by His Honour
the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand in the said colony, under the second section
of "The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,"
for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths,
affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Wellington,
22nd November, 1883.