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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

no library will receive credit for a larger income than £75—
that is, in no case will the augmented amount on which dis-
tribution is based exceed £100.

The whole of the subsidy must be expended in the pur-
chase of books for the library.

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, 1899; 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, 1899, 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 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 accounts is a true statement of the receipts and
expenditure of the institution for the year ending on the
31st day of December, 1899; 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 January, 1900,
before me— , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or
Notary Public].

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

[Nore.—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.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1899.

THE Loyal Victoria Diamond Lodge, No. 7467, situated
at Levin, is registered as a branch of the Wellington
District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of
Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly So-
cieties Act, 1882,” this 6th day of December, 1899.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 35.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1899.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and in-
tituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of
an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act
is published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend William Joseph O’Connor.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of a Public Reserve at Moeraki, Otago Land District.

Crown Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 12th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the under-
mentioned lands will be submitted to public auction
under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,”
at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the
21st day of February, 1900:—

Part Section 76, Block IV., Moeraki District: Area, 4 acres
(approximate); upset annual rental, £1 5s.; term of lease,
fourteen years.

Full particulars can be obtained at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Land, Matapouri Village, Taranaki, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th December, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity on and after the 28th
February, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the section
on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided
by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District
Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—KAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £9 0s. 6d., valuation for improvements,
which must be paid on approval of application. All level,
well-watered land, cleared and in grass; good soil, on papa
formation. The Waitotara Valley Road is formed for dray
traffic past the section. Distance from Waitotara, about
twenty-nine miles.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taupiri for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land
(Auckland University College Endowment) will be
open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office,
on Monday, the 26th February, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—TAUPIRI PARISH.

Open scrub and fern land, about a mile and a half from
Huntly Railway-station.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 4th December, 1899.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,”
notice is hereby given to the following persons that
the under-mentioned pastoral licenses are liable to forfeiture,
and that if the rent overdue thereon be not paid within
three months from date the licenses will be declared for-
feited:—

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.