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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

ruary, 1901. This resolution to be considered for adoption at a special meeting of the Board to be held on the 29th day of September, 1900.

H. OKEY,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that the provisions of the Road Board Act and the Local Bodies Loans Act have been complied with.

H. OKEY,
Chairman, Frankley Road Board.
Frankley Road, 23rd October, 1900.

Notice to Mariners No. 50 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th October, 1900.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Australia. — North Coast. — Howard Channel, Clarence Strait.

MASTERS of vessels and others are hereby notified that an iron tripod beacon has been erected to mark the Henry Ellis Reef.

The beacon, which is placed on the north-western extremity of the reef, is 18ft. 6 in. above high water, and is surmounted by a diamond-shaped head.

This affects Admiralty charts Nos. 613, 925, and 1044.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
20th September, 1900.

QUEENSLAND.

Tidal Signals, Townsville, Cleveland Bay.

On and after the 1st November tidal signals, as herein indicated, will be shown from the Pilot Station, Townsville.

The signals represent the actual tidal rise above low water datum, and should be added to the depth in the cuttings to give the available navigable depth of water. The depths at L.W.O.S. are at present 15 ft. in Platypus Channel and 18 in. over the rocky bar into Ross Creek:—

Ft. in. By Day. By Night.
0 6 .. Cylinder .. White light.
1 0 .. Two cylinders horizontal Two white lights horizontal.
1 6 .. Two cylinders vertical Two white lights vertical.
2 0 .. Cone .. Green light.
2 6 .. Two cones horizontal Two green lights horizontal.
3 0 .. Two cones vertical .. Two green lights vertical.
3 6 .. Ball .. Red light.
4 0 .. Two balls horizontal Two red lights horizontal.
4 6 .. Two balls vertical .. Two red lights vertical.
5 0 .. Cone and cylinder horizontal Green and white lights horizontal.
5 6 .. Cylinder above cone.. White above green light.
6 0 .. Cone above cylinder.. Green above white light.
6 6 .. Ball and cylinder horizontal Red and white lights horizontal.
7 0 .. Cylinder above ball .. White above red light.
7 6 .. Ball above cylinder .. Red above white light.
8 0 .. Ball and cone horizontal Red and green lights horizontal.
8 6 .. Cone above ball .. Green above red light.
9 0 .. Ball above cone .. Red above green light.
9 6 .. Cylinder, and cylinder above cone White, and white above green light.
10 0 .. Cone, and cylinder above cylinder Green, and white above white light.
10 6 .. Cone, and cone above cylinder Green, and green above white light.
11 0 .. Cylinder, and cone above cone White, and green above green light.
11 6 .. Ball, and ball above cylinder Red, and red above white light.
12 0 .. Cylinder, and ball above ball White, and red above red light.

Chart affected, No. 1102; and Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane, 3rd October, 1900.

Applications for Analyst invited.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1900.

WRITTEN applications, accompanied by testimonials, will be received at this office up to noon of Monday, the 3rd December, for the appointments of Analyst to the Mines Department and Analyst under “The Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880,” at a salary of £400 per annum. The person who may be appointed will be required to reside in Wellington.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 31st October, 1900.

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, 1901, 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, 1901.

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 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 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, 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 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 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 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, 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 applicable. 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.