Nov. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2045

following notices, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

(No. 21.) PORT PHILLIP BAY.—SUNKEN WRECK OFF POINT COOK.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners dated 12th July, 1899, it is hereby notified that operations are now in progress in connection with raising the sunken steamship “Excelsior”; that she has been moved from her former position to about three-quarters (¾) of a mile nearer Point Gellibrand Floating Light, and that she may be further moved from time to time towards Williamstown.

It is also notified that the wreck-buoy which marked the spot where the “Excelsior” sank has been removed, and will not be replaced.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 19th September, 1899.

(No. 22.) PORT PHILLIP BAY.—POPE’S EYE BANK.

Referring to Notice to Mariners dated 7th May, 1888, it is hereby notified that the buoy which marked the S.W. limit of the Pope’s Eye Bank has broken adrift from its moorings, but will be replaced as soon as possible. In the meantime a temporary buoy is being placed in lieu thereof.

This notice affects Admiralty charts 1171A and 2747A; Australia Directory, Vol. i., p. 446; and General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, 1898, p. 64.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 4th October, 1899.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Napier.

Portion of a wooden building, roofed with iron, situated on Town Section No. 525, Bridge Street, Spit, Napier, to be known as

CROWLEY’S BOND No. 2.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 623.]

Approving and Appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Napier.

A brick building with an iron roof, situated on Town Section No. 525, Bridge Street, Spit, Napier, to be known as

CROWLEY’S BOND No. 1.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 622.]

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th October, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £3,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 8th February, 1900, 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, 1900.

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.

In the division of the vote, a nominal addition of £25 will be made to the amount of the income of each library derived from subscriptions, donations, and rates, and the vote will be divided according to the amounts thus augmented; but no library will receive credit for a larger income than £75—that is, in no case will the augmented amount on which distribution is based exceed £100.

The whole of the subsidy must be expended in the purchase 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 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, 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 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 January, 1900, 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.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Archibald Macfarlane, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, stud-groom. Filed on the 23rd day of October, 1899.

Frank McDonald, late of Sutton, in the Provincial District of Otago, gold-miner. Filed on the 23rd day of October, 1899.

Harry Watts, late of the schooner “Marmion,” seaman. Filed on the 25th day of October, 1899.

Ann Taplin, late of Avonside, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 25th day of October, 1899.

Charles McLaughlin, late of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farmer. Filed on the 30th day of October, 1899.

Timothy Flanagan, late of Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, cook. Filed on the 30th day of October, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.