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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 library it 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 __, 190, 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.

R. J. SEDDON.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 12th January, 1904.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 734.]

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act; the value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of January, 1904.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment No. 296 of Section 2 in the Town of Opotiki and Provincial District of Auckland.

Result of Road Board Election.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1904.

THE following notice of the election of a member of a Road Board has been received at this office, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Tamahere Road District, County of Waikato:
William Russell Whewell.

Tenders for Mail Steam Service to Chatham Islands.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1904.

TENDERS will be received at the Chief Post-office, Christchurch, until noon of Wednesday, the 17th February, 1904, for the conveyance of mails once every month, and also once every two months, by steamer to and from the Chatham Islands, calling at such places, inclusive of Pitt Island, in the group as may be determined upon by the Postmaster-General, for two years from the 1st April, 1904, with Lyttelton or Wellington as the port of departure and Lyttelton the port of arrival.

Tenders to be indorsed “Tenders for Chatham Islands Mail-service,” and addressed to the Chief Postmaster, Christchurch.

Names, tonnage, and horse-power of steamers proposed to be used to be stated.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Plan of Taumarunui Township to be Exhibited for Inspection.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th January, 1904.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 4 of the regulations made by a Proclamation under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, bearing date the 13th day of July, 1902, prescribing the terms under which allotments in Native townships proclaimed under the provisions of sections 8 to 12 of “The Native and Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1902,” may be leased, sold, exchanged, or otherwise dealt with, and prescribing generally in what manner such townships shall be administered, I, John William Allman Marchant, the Surveyor-General of the colony, the officer whose duty it is to approve the plan of the Native Township of Taumarunui, do hereby direct and notify that the said plan shall be exhibited for inspection at the Post Office, Taumarunui, for the period of two months from the 25th day of January, 1904.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Surveyor-General.