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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £2,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 8th February, 1899, 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, 1899.

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.

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, 1898; 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, 1898, the receipts of the aforesaid institution for the maintenance of the library only were 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, 1898; 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 , 1899, before me— , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 2s. 6d.]

[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.

W. C. WALKER.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that MARTIN JENSEN, of Wai-tara, Master Mariner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at New Plymouth, on Tuesday, the 13th day of December, 1898, at 2 o’clock.

ROBT. G. BAUCHOPE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

New Plymouth, 30th November, 1898.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Hawera.

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER McCAUL, of Otakeho, Blacksmith, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 15th day of December, 1898, at 2 o’clock p.m.

C. A. BUDGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hawera, 5th December, 1898.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wairarapa, held at Masterton.—Notice of Public Examination.

NOTICE is hereby given that a public examination of HUGH MITCHELL, Drover, Carterton, and GEORGE E. MANNING, Labourer, Kopuaranga, will be held on Wednesday, 14th December, 1898, at the Courthouse, Masterton, at 10 a.m., or such time thereafter as may be fixed by the Court.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Masterton, 6th December, 1898.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Christ-church.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR HUGH BAGGS, of Christchurch, out of business, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 13th day of December, 1898, at 2 o’clock.

G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

6th December, 1898.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK WILLIAM WORNER, of Geraldine, lately a Butcher, now out of business, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse at Geraldine, on Wednesday, the 14th day of December, 1898, at 2.30 o’clock.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 2nd December, 1898.

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of JOHN McEACHEN, Queenstown, Photographer.

A FIRST and final dividend, of 3¹¹⁄₁₈d. in the pound, on all accepted proved claims, is now payable.

F. W. F. GEISOW,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Queenstown, 30th November, 1898.

Mining Notices.

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Snowy Creek United Gold-mining Company (Limited) as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894,” and the amendments thereof.

1. The name of the company is to be the Snowy Creek United Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is at Snowy Creek, in the County of Inangahua, Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Central Broadway, Reefton, in the county and colony aforesaid.

4. The nominal capital of the company is twelve thousand pounds (£12,000), in forty-eight thousand (48,000) shares of five shillings each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is forty-eight thousand (48,000), being the entire number of shares in the company.

6. The number of paid-up shares is twenty-four thousand (24,000), numbered from 1 to 24,000 (both inclusive), paid up to three shillings per share.

7. The amount already paid up is three thousand six hundred pounds (£3,600).

8. The name of the Manager is Thomas Hubert Lee.

9. The names, and addresses, and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

Paid up to 3s. per Share. No. of Shares.
Scarlett, James, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. .. 600
Scarlett, Frances, Reefton .. .. 1,150
Osbourne, James, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. .. 1,100
Blackadder, D., Reefton, Miner .. .. 500
Williams, David, Reefton, Blacksmith .. .. 500
Green, John, Reefton, Butcher .. .. 500
Duffy, Robert, Cronadun, Miner .. .. 1,000
Duffy, William, Snowy Creek, Miner .. .. 1,000