Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1691

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.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the
payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and
cured fish for export under regulations published on the
same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on
account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those
regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims
to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to
be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from
which the fish was exported.

JULIUS VOGEL.

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 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.

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.

The Gilchrist Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th April, 1886.

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
January 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
University of Edinburgh, or at the University College, Lon-
don, with a view to graduation in one of the Faculties of the
University of London.

If any candidates offer themselves, the January examina-
tion for New Zealand will be held some time in the month
of January, 1887, or as soon after as the examination papers
arrive in the colony, and at such place or places as may be
hereafter 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 January, 1887, are Cicero, De
Senectute and Pro Lege Manilia; and Homer, Iliad, Book
XVI.

The scholarship will be considered as commencing from
the 1st July, 1887, but the first quarterly instalment will be
paid to the successful candidate in the first week of October,
1887, 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 per-
sonal 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 January, 1887.

By order.
WM. JAS. HABENS,
Secretary for Education.

Member of the House of Representatives for Waitemata
elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1886.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the
writ issued by him on the 11th day of November,
1886, for the election of a Member to serve in the House of
Representatives for the electoral district hereinafter specified,
and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that the
under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member
for such district, viz.:—

For the District of Waitemata.
RICHARD MONK.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.