Jan. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 9

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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Adjustable Spring Sash-
balance.

HENRY WILLIAM POTTER, of Invercargill, Southland, New
Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 31st day of
March 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 16th day
of March 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. 2174.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for the Manufacture and Use
of Prepared Paper in the Construction of Pipe Organs.

FREDERICK TAYLOR REDMAN, of Masterton, Wairarapa,
New Zealand, Accountant, has deposited at this office
a specification of the said invention; and I have ap-
pointed Thursday, the 31st day of March 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 16th day of March 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. 2175.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Allman's Patent Auto-
matic Nautical and Danger-indicating Dial.

GEORGE ALLMAN, of Dunedin, Otago, Master Mariner,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 31st
day of March 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 16th
day of March 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. 2176.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1886.

THE Greymouth Branch, situated at Greymouth, is regis-
tered as a branch of the New Zealand District of
the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, under
“The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 31st day of Decem-
ber, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Native Land Court Notice.

Sitting of the Native Land Court for the Subdivision of
Hereditaments.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court,
to be held at Kaiapoi, in the District of the South
Island, on the 7th day of January next, will be heard the
applications of the persons whose names appear in the first
column for the subdivision of the hereditaments comprised
in the Crown grants of the pieces of land the names of
which appear in the second column, situate in the districts
named in the third column.

ELWIN B. DICKSON,
Acting Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Leases, Township of Richardson.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1886.

THE under-mentioned allotments in the Town of Richard-
son, Waitotara Land District, having been forfeited,
are now open for application at the Land Office, Patea, on
fourteen-year leases, at an upset rental of 6s. per acre. No
compensation allowed for improvements.

For conditions and further particulars apply at Patea
Land Office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Derelict Land re-entered and Possession resumed.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 22nd December, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that, by virtue of “The Special Powers
and Contracts Act, 1885,” the under-mentioned derelict
allotments of confiscated lands within the Provincial District
of Auckland have been re-entered, and possession resumed
on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen.

JOS. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,