Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2949

Time and Place for First Meeting of the Board of the Hospital District of Stratford appointed.

Hospitals and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 14th December, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 9 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885.” been pleased to appoint that the first meeting of the Board of the District of Stratford shall be held on Tuesday, the 20th day of December, 1904, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at the County Council Office, Stratford; that such meeting be presided over by Joseph Mackay; and that two shall be the number of members necessary to constitute a meeting for the conduct of business.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Addition made to Volunteer Regulation.

Defence Office.
Wellington, 28th November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned addition to regulations governing the issue of the New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal, as published in New Zealand Gazette No. 29, of 17th April, 1902, so as to include the issue of the medal to Honorary Chaplains—viz.: After the word “year,” at end of third paragraph, add “Honorary Chaplains will be allowed to count their service as qualifying service towards the earning of the New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal, provided they be returned by the officer commanding the district in which they have served as having performed the duties appertaining to their office in an efficient manner during the period for which qualifying service is claimed, and are still serving at date of application for medal.”

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

[C. F. 04/A. 772.]

Importation of Swine from New Zealand into certain States of the Australian Commonwealth prohibited.—Notice No. 921.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th December, 1904.

THE following States have prohibited the importation of swine from New Zealand for the period stated opposite the name of each respectively:—

Queensland .. Six months from 27th October, 1904.

New South Wales .. Twelve months from 3rd November, 1904.

Victoria .. Till revoked.

Tasmania .. Twelve months from 10th May, 1904.

Western Australia .. Till revoked.

The importation of New Zealand swine into South Australia is permitted.

“Bacon, hams, cured or dressed pork (provided no viscera, or portion thereof, in an uncooked state is allowed to be imported or introduced therewith)” may be imported into Queensland; and “bacon, hams, cured or frozen pork, the latter to be accompanied by a Meat-inspector’s certificate of health from the port of shipment,” into New South Wales.

Stud boars may be imported into Western Australia on conditions set out in Notice No. 877, in Gazette of 7th July, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of Sockburn Extension, Canterbury Land District, of a Width of 66 ft.

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

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the Town of Sockburn Extension, Canterbury Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1904.

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 6th February, 1905, 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 30th January, 1905.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. The whole of the subsidy must be expended without delay in the purchase of books for the library.

4. 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, 1904; 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, 1904, 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,” or “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” 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 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.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Government Printing and Stationery Offices to be closed from the 26th December, 1904, to the 7th January, 1905.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1904.

THE Government Printing and Stationery Offices, Wellington, will be closed from Monday, the 26th December, 1904, until Saturday, the 7th January, 1905, both days inclusive.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

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