Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2773

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.

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, 1905; 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, 1905, 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.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1905.

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.

George Anderson King, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, baker. Filed on the 6th day of November, 1905.

Thomas Madams, late of Opoho, in the Provincial District of Otago, shipwright. Filed on the 6th day of November, 1905.

Ah Lum, late of Akaroa, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, storekeeper. Filed on the 6th day of November, 1905.

Thomas Wisniewski, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 6th day of November, 1905.

James Ramsay Brown, late of Martinborough, in the Provincial District of Wellington, clerk. Filed on the 6th day of November, 1905.

George Fletcher, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 10th day of November, 1905.

Walter Hesketh, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, sawyer. Filed on the 10th day of November, 1905.

Henry Lea Twisleton, late of Te Awaite, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, school-teacher. Filed on the 10th day of November, 1905.

Alexander Frederick Lamb, late of Kaipara, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 10th day of November, 1905.

Thomas Lipsett, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial District of Auckland, carter. Filed on the 10th day of November, 1905.

Frederick Parry, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, electrician. Filed on the 17th day of November, 1905.

Franc Grubisic, late of Waitawheta, in the Provincial District of Auckland, bushman. Filed on the 17th day of November, 1905.

Robert Anton, late of Papanui, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farmer. Filed on the 17th day of November, 1905.

Alfred Pennifold, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, retired messenger. Filed on the 27th day of November, 1905.

David Wiley, late of Mokau, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed on the 27th day of November, 1905.

James Smith Thorburn, late of Riponui, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 27th day of November, 1905.

Savage Connolly or Connelly, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 27th day of November, 1905.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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 23rd day of November, 1905.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land containing in all 1 rood 30 perches, being part of Sections 13 and 14, Block XIII., lying between Denbigh Street and the Mataura River, Town of Mataura, in the Provincial District of Otago, the balance of the said sections having been taken for railway purposes.

Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1905.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Monday the 25th, Tuesday the 26th, and Wednesday the 27th December, 1905, and that Monday the 1st and Tuesday the 2nd January, 1906, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.