such land, and application has been made for the removal of
such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after
the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this
notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said
restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of
the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be
leased by the said trustees for twenty-one years from the
25th May, 1885.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-first day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land at Te Kaha, in the District of Bay of
Plenty, in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 2
roods 14 perches, more or less, and known by the name of
Waihirere.

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 membership 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 subsidy 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 purpose, 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 members' 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 reading-room is open to the public free of charge.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing 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.

Commissions in the Royal Engineers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

INFORMATION has been received by His Excellency the
Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies
that the Secretary of State for War offers commissions in
the Royal Engineers to graduates of the Australian and
Zealand Universities who were not more than twenty-two
years of age on the 1st July, 1885, are of good height and
build, and medically fit. Not more than one from each
colony will be selected.

Graduates of the University of New Zealand who may be
desirous of availing themselves of this offer are requested to
make application by sending in their names to the Secretary
for Education, Wellington, accompanied by—

1. A statutory declaration of age on 1st July, 1885;
2. A statement of the degree taken in the University;
3. A statement of height and chest-measurement;
4. A medical certificate of health;
5. A certificate of moral character.

No application can be received after the 31st December
next.

ROBERT STOUT.

Relative to grant of Commissions in Her Majesty's Army.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1885.

THE following correspondence has been received by His
Excellency the Governor with reference to commissions in Her Majesty's army, as notified in Gazettes Nos.
41 of 2nd July, 50 of 27th August, 65 of 19th November, 67
of 26th November, and 71 of 17th December.

(New Zealand No. 63.)

Downing Street, 21st October, 1885.

SIR,—With reference to my despatch of the 10th ultimo
and to previous correspondence respecting the grant of commissions in the Imperial army to candidates from local
military forces, I have the honour to inform you that the
Secretary of State for War has pointed out that it will be
necessary for Governors of the respective colonies, in nominating candidates for commissions, to transmit in each case
with their recommendations a birth-certificate as well as a
certificate from a medical man—a military medical officer
where practicable—stating that the candidate is in all
respects fit for military service.—I have, &c.,

FRED. STANLEY.

Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, K.C.M.G., C.B., &c.

Notice to Mariners, No. 47 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1885.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Hydrographer, United States Hydrographic Office,
Washington, is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

MAGELLAN STRAITS.

Great Orange Bank Buoy.—Referring to Notice to
Mariners, No. 223 (450) of 1885, the black conical buoy,
with the name of the bank in white letters, and surmounted
by a white ball elevated 11ft. above the sea, has been
definitely placed in position in lat. 52° 23' 40" S., long.
69° 8' 50" W., to mark Great Orange Bank, Straits of Magellan.

Narrow Bank Buoy.—The red conical buoy, with the
name of the bank in white letters, and surmounted by a
white ball elevated 11ft. above the sea, which marks the
southern extremity of Narrow Bank, has been definitely
placed in position in lat. 52° 20' 10" S., long. 69° 19' 30" W.

By order of the Bureau of Navigation.

J. R. BARTLETT,
Commander, U.S.N., Hydrographer.
Washington, D.C., 16th September, 1885.