1810
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 135

Conditions.

1. Notice of intention to claim any of the above bonuses
   must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later
   than the 31st December, 1883.
2. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1884.
3. The first claimant of any bonus who proves to the satis-
   faction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the con-
   ditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
4. The other conditions as to quantity, priority, quality,
   and value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer
   appointed for the purpose by the Government.
   Further information and particulars may be obtained on
   application at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
   THOMAS DICK.

Colonial Industries.—Portland Cement.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1883.

WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up
to noon on 31st March, 1884, from persons who are
willing to contract for the supply and delivery of one hundred
tons of Portland Cement. The cement to be manufactured
in the Colony of New Zealand, and to be delivered at any of
the under-mentioned places, viz., Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, or Inver-
cargill. Tenders to be addressed to the Minister for Public
Works, and to be marked outside "Tender for Supply of 100
tons of Portland Cement." Specifications and conditions
may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Welling-
ton, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. The lowest or
any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
E. MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Visiting Justice resigned.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation by
The Hon. Captain FRASER, M.L.C.,
of his appointment as a Visiting Justice of the Dunedin
Prison.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Prison Officer resigned.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of
Assistant-Matron ELIZABETH A. MCCABE
from the Prison Service of the colony.
THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Public Libraries.

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 pounds shillings and
members, pence; and from voluntary contributions other than mem-
bers' subscriptions, pounds shillings and ponce; 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.

The Gilchrist Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th December, 1883.

A SCHOLARSHIP of the value of £100 per annum, and
tenable for three years, is biennially awarded to the
highest among those candidates at the London University
June Matriculation Examination held in New Zealand, who
pass either in the Honours or in the First Division, are not
less than sixteen nor more than twenty-two years of age, and
are desirous of prosecuting their studies either at the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh, or at the University College, London,
with a view to graduation in one of the Faculties of the
University of London.
If any candidates offer themselves, the June examination
for New Zealand will be held some time in the month of
June, 1884, or as soon after as the examination papers arrive
in the colony, and at such place or places as may be here-
after fixed, having regard to the candidates' places of abode.
Candidates will not be approved by the Examiners unless
they have shown a competent knowledge in each of the fol-
lowing subjects, according to the details specified under the
several heads:-

1. Latin:
2. Any two of the following languages: (a) Greek, (b)
   French, and (c) German:
3. The English language, English history, and modern
   geography:
4. Mathematics:
5. Natural philosophy:
6. Chemistry.
   Particulars of the foregoing subjects of examination will
   be found in the Calendar of the University of London, under
   the head of "Regulations—Matriculation." The special
   Latin and Greek subjects for June, 1884, are Cicero, De
   Amicitia, with Oration I. against Catiline; and Xenophon,
   Cyropædia, Book V.
   The scholarship will be considered as commencing from
   the 1st July, 1885, but the first quarterly instalment will be
   paid to the successful candidate in the first week of October,
   1885, at which time he will be expected to present himself to
   the Secretary of the Gilchrist Trust in London. Subsequent
   payments will depend on attendance at three courses of
   lectures in every session, and on good conduct; and the
   scholar must present himself for the first examination in one
   of the Faculties of the University of London before the end
   of the second year of the currency of his scholarship.
   Every candidate will be required to give satisfactory
   evidence that he is between the ages of sixteen and twenty-
   two years, and either that he is a native of New Zealand, or
   that he has resided in New Zealand for the last five years.
   Notice of entry, with satisfactory testimonials as to
   personal character, and the London matriculation fee of £2,
   must be sent to the Secretary for Education, Wellington, so
   as to reach his office not later than the 1st June, 1884.
   By order.
   JOHN HISLOP,
   Secretary for Education,