[Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1399

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the Provincial District of
Wellington, containing 1,000 acres, be the same a little more
or less, being the block of land called "Reserve in the Mana-
watu, Wairarapa No. 1, or Eketahuna Block, Wairarapa
District," and being the whole of the land comprised in
Crown-grant, Register-book, Vol. xxvi., folio 48.

Notice to Mariners, No. 46 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th November, 1885.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, is published for
general information.
W. J. M. LARNACH.

NOTICE is hereby given that the brig "Velocity" has sunk
at her moorings in the River Derwent.
The wreck is in 5 fathoms water, and bears east about one
cable from the Powder Jetty. A black buoy, with the word
"Wreck" in white letters, will be moored, to mark its posi-
tion, as soon as practicable.
JAMES RIDDLE,
Harbourmaster.

Marine Board Offices,
Hobart, 7th November, 1885.

Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 4th November, 1885.
NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £4,000 has
been voted by Parliament for distribution to public
libraries.
The distribution will take place on the 8th February, 1886,
and no claim will be entitled to consideration that shall not
have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary
for Education, Wellington, on or before the 31st January,
1886.
A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be public in the
sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the
control of an association, society, or club, whose member-
ship is composed of a section of the community only, and if
within a borough it must be open to the public free of charge.
The receipts for the year must not have been less than £2,
exclusive of moneys received from endowments, or from
Government, or from Borough or County Councils, or for
special building purposes, or as rent, hire, or consideration
for the use of any room, or building, or land belonging to the
institution, in respect of none of which will subsidy be
allowed. The net proceeds of concerts, lectures, or other
entertainments on behalf of the current expenses of the
library will be regarded as voluntary contributions. A sub-
sidy will not be given to more than one library in the same
town.
The income of each library may be stated either for the
year ending the 31st December, 1885, or for the year ending
with that day in the year 1885 on which the annual accounts
of the library were made up.
A nominal addition of £25 will be made to the amount of
each library's receipts, and the vote of £4,000 will be divided
in proportion to the amounts as thus augmented, but so as
that no institution shall receive more than £50.
Application to share in the distribution must be by means
of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or Secretary, or
Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which it is made;
such declaration shall be on the form provided for the pur-
pose, and shall be as follows:—

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 , 1885, the receipts of
the aforesaid institution for the maintenance of the library
only was as follows: From rates levied by a local governing
body under "The Public Libraries Act, 1869," pounds
shillings and pence, from the subscriptions
of members, pounds shillings and
pence, and from voluntary contributions other than mem-
bers' subscriptions, pounds shillings and
pence: that the information hereinafter furnished by me in
the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the
abstract of accounts is a true statement of the receipts and
expenditure of the institution for the year herein specified ;
and that by the rules of the institution admission to the read-
ing-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."
(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 application may be obtained from the
Secretary for Education, Wellington, or the Secretary of any
Education Board.
ROBERT STOUT.

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 31.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1885.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1880," the following name of an Offi-
ciating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is pub-
lished for general information:—
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend John Beck Finlay.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

"Friendly Societies Act, 1882."—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1885.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly
Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1882," by writing under his hand dated this
26th day of November, 1885, cancelled the registry of the
Oxford Lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids, Register
No. 191, held at West Oxford, on the ground that the said
lodge has ceased to exist.
EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

New Zealand Institute.

Colonial Museum,
Wellington, 28th November, 1885.
THE following gentlemen have been elected Governors of
the New Zealand Institute, in accordance with clause
7 of "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867 :"—
JAMES McKERROW, Esq.
W. M. MASKELL, Esq., F.M.S.
F. B. HUTCHINSON, Esq., M.R.C.S.
JAMES HECTOR,
Manager.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1885.
PATENT for binding Roll-bacon, to be called an "Auto-
matic Bacon-binder."
WILLIAM BURNLEY BUST, of Dunedin, New Zealand,
Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 25th
day of February next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this
office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto;
and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the
grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 10th
day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing
of their objections to the said application, otherwise they
will be precluded from urging the same.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 1636.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1885.
PATENT for covering the Roof of Buildings with an Im-
proved Form of Tile, called "Press's Patent Bond
Angular Roof-tile."