Aug. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1027

above quoted is not a correct version of the English, and I have been instructed by the Earl of Rosebery to inquire of your Excellency whether the Spanish Government understand the Spanish text to convey precisely the same meaning as the English expression, “shall extend up to, but not exceed, 30 degrees.”

I shall feel obliged to your Excellency if you would kindly inform me whether that is so, and if you would be so good as to record the fact, and assure me that the Spanish words used in translating the English text do not cover the fractions of a degree between 30 and 31 degrees of the alcoholic scale.

I have, &c.,
FRANCIS CLARE FORD.

[Translation.]

Ministry of State, the Palace, 10th May, 1886.

EXCELLENCY,—I have the honour to state to your Excellency, in reply to your note of yesterday, that there is no difference whatever between the sense of the Spanish translation of the last paragraph of the Second Article of the Convention of the 26th April and the English text. The literal translation of the words which your Excellency mentions would be this: “Que el limite inferior de la escala alcohólica se extienda hasta, pero sin exceder, los 30 grados de feurza alcohólica.”

Considering that the literal rendering of those words did not, in my judgment, read well in Spanish, I had the honour to propose to your Excellency the present translation, which is as follows: “El límite inferior de la escala alcohólica de los vinos desde los 26 hasta los 30 grados inclusive,” which words do not appear to your Excellency to clearly convey the idea. In order, therefore, to fully dispel the doubts which appear to have arisen in the British Chancery, it is enough for me to ratify the meaning of the words above referred to; and I repeat that they have the same as those of the British text, and that the Spanish Government consider that the alcoholic scale mentioned in the Second Article will extend to, but it is not to exceed, 30 degrees.

I avail, &c.,
S. MORET.

Special Order made by Hobson County Council.—Merging Paparoa Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1886.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the County of Hobson, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED, That the Paparoa Road District be merged into the county, in compliance with the prayer of the petition of ratepayers.”

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed by the Hobson County Council on the 13th day of August, 1886.

FREDK. L. BEART,
County Clerk.

Council Office, Aratapu,
16th August, 1886.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that SAMUEL PARKER, of the Galvanized Iron Works, Victoria Street East, Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

The words “Southern Cross Brand,” encircled by four stars.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Galvanized iron and articles manufactured from galvanized iron.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1886.

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, 1887, 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, 1887.

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.

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, and must be accompanied by a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the institution for the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1886; and such declaration must be on the form provided for the purpose, which form 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 on the 31st day of December, 1886, 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. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare 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 ending on the 31st day of December, 1886; 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, and from the Secretary of any Education Board.

ROBERT STOUT.