Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2043

quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Colony of New Zealand, the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a price not exceeding 1s. a gallon at any port of shipment in the colony.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1899.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1900.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions—as to quantity, priority, quality, and value—to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

J. CARROLL.

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.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st October, 1898.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and Amendment Act, 1894, and First and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 31st January, 1899, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 4th January, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. VAN ASCH.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The best age for entrance is between six and seven.

The full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

Parents having dumb children between the ages of four and seven, and other persons desiring information with regard to the school, are invited to apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 38 perches, more or less, being Section 214, situate in the Town of Greymouth, in the Provincial District of Westland, having a frontage to Preston Road of 100 links. Also, to the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 39 perches, more or less, being Section 228, situate in the said Town of Greymouth, having a frontage to Preston Road of 100 links. The grantee and last registered owner of both sections is Antonio Perrin, described as of Greymouth, butcher, who is reported to be dead, and whose legal representatives cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owners of either of the above-described lands are, and believes that such owner or owners respectively are not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owners respectively, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their titles respectively to the lands respectively specified in this notice; and, if such owner or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his, their, or either of their titles, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” in respect of both of the said parcels of land, or such one of them as to which the owner shall not appear.

Dated this 15th day of December, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.