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sity 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 mem-

bers' 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 ac-

counts is a true statement of the receipts and expenditure of

the institution for the year ending on the 31st day of Decem-

ber, 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 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, and from the Secre-

tary of any Education Board.

ROBERT STOUT.

Additional Regulation as to Payment of Rewards for Dis-

covery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,

Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of

rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recom-

mended by the Goldfields Committee on the 22nd June, 1886,

having been adopted by the Government, is published for

general information.

This regulation applies to the notifications published in

the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th March and 29th

October, 1885, offering rewards for gold discoveries.

W. J. M. LARNACH,

Minister of Mines.

ADDITIONAL REGULATION.

No claim for a reward for the discovery of gold will be con-

sidered by the Goldfields Committee unless such claim be

made within one year from the date of the discovery.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,

Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under "The Fisheries

Encouragement Act, 1885," as set forth in the following

sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject

to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations

contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish

for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next

seven years after the passing of this Act, without further

appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated

Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish

for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a

bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish

prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter men-

tioned, that is to say,—

(1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish

canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound,

the weight of the cans not to be included in the

tonnnage upon which such bonus is paid;

(2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as

aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per

pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in

the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid;

(3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be

respectively ¼d. and ⅛d. a pound under similar con-

ditions, as far as the same are applicable to those

contained in the two last subsections.

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant

bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000

tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a

bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for

the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the

registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for

all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such

person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this

Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export

canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus,

and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark;

and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and

canned for export by any such person shall, before exporta-

tion, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him,

and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in

respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 30th August, 1886.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road

Boards have been received at this office, and are

published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road

Boards Act, 1882."

G. S. COOPER,

Under-Secretary.

Waihi Road District, County of Taranaki :

Joseph David Baker.

William Black.

James Hine.

George Jay.

James Rattenbury.

Eyreton Road District, County of Ashley :

Hay Smith.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,

Wellington, 24th August, 1886.

THE Northern Wairoa Tent, No. 5, situated at Manga-

whare, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand

District No. 14 of the Independent Order of Rechabites,

Salford Unity, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"

this 24th day of August, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,

Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,

Wellington, 8th August, 1886.

In the matter of the will of Adam Montgomery, late of

Tauranga, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally

accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The

Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that probate of the said

will was granted to the Public Trustee, the Executor ap-

pointed under the said will, on the 30th day of August, 1886.

R. C. HAMERTON,

Public Trustee.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 26th August, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Preparation for blacking

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes, to be called

"Pioneer Gloss."

CHARLES HENRY COX, of Draper Street, Richmond,

Christchurch, New Zealand, Joiner, has deposited at this office

a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed

Thursday, the 9th day of December 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