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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

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 member-
ship 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 from subscriptions and
donations 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 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, 1900; 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, 1900, 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 herein specified;
that the whole of the subsidy received during the year was
expended in the purchase of books for the library; 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, 1901,
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 last year’s subsidy and
to free admission may be struck out if they are not appli-
cable. 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.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.—Extension of Time.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1900.

THE time for notifying intention to claim the under-
mentioned bonus, and for making such claim, has
been extended as follows:—

Notice of intention to claim the bonus must be given in
writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st
December, 1900.

The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1901.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

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.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.)
per pound will be paid on the production of the first
one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good
marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities,
from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions,
that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or
   before the 31st March, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds
   on or before the 31st March, 1904.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been
   produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be
   appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate
   alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if
   it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus,
   the amount will be divided in proportion to the 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.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 4th October, 1900.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First-
and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-super-
intendents under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and
Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act,
1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 29th January, 1901, 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 31st December, or they will not
be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of
application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames,
Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines,
Westport and Dunedin.

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

Government Printing and Stationery Offices to be closed from 24th December to 5th January.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1900.

THE Government Printing and Stationery Offices, Wel-
lington, will be closed from Monday, the 24th De-
cember, 1900, until Saturday, the 5th January, 1901, both
days inclusive.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Governors of New Zealand Institute elected.

New Zealand Institute,
7th December, 1900.

THE under-mentioned members have been duly elected
Governors of the New Zealand Institute, to represent
the incorporated societies for the ensuing year:—

The Hon. C. C. Bowen, M.L.C.,
MARTIN CHAPMAN, Esq., and
S. PERCY SMITH, Esq., F.R.G.S.

JAMES HECTOR,
Manager.