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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

Notice to Mariners No. 83 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th November, 1907.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

VICTORIA.—PORT OF GEELONG.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 5th December, 1906, it is hereby notified that the pile beacon off Point Wilson has been removed, and that it will be replaced with a red conical buoy, surmounted with a staff and ball.
Charts affected: Admiralty Nos. 2731 and 1171B.

GEO. A. MOLLAND,
Harbourmaster.

21st October, 1907.

VICTORIA.—SOUTHERNMOST RED BUOY, COLES CHANNEL.

Mariners are hereby notified that, consequent upon a displacement westward of the bank situated to the northward of the southernmost red buoy of Coles Channel, such buoy has been shifted about 1,000 ft. N. 3° W. from its old position.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 11th October, 1907.

VICTORIA.—PORT ALBERT BAR-BUOY ADRIFT.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the bar-buoy marking the channel to Port Albert broke adrift last week, and has since been replaced by a temporary buoy.
It has been reported by the steamer “Cycle” that a red buoy, which appears to be the missing buoy, was seen a mile south-west of Gabo Island to-day.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 16th October, 1907.

VICTORIA. — NO. 10 GAS BUOY, DREDGED CUT.—SOUTH CHANNEL.

Mariners are hereby notified that in order to complete the dredging of the southern side of the dredged cut at its western end the westernmost gas buoy (No. 10) marking the southern edge of the cut will be shifted, on or after the 18th November, 1907, about 700 ft. to the westward, and will still mark the south side of the channel.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 8th November, 1907.

Varied Notice, No. 2, fixing the Closing-hours of Fruiterers’ and Confectioners’ Shops and Refreshment-rooms in the Borough of Pahiatua.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 20th day of June, 1905, the Hon. James McGowan, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified as required by that section, did direct that from and after the 1st day of July, 1905, all shops in the Borough of Pahiatua should be closed at 6 o’clock in the evening on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and at 9 o’clock in the evening on Saturdays:
And whereas by like requisitions, duly made and certified as aforesaid, the Minister of Labour has been requested to vary the said notice by fixing the closing-hours for fruiterers’ and confectioners’ shops and refreshment-rooms at the hour set out in the Schedule of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905”:
Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisitions, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” I do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 9th day of December, 1907, fruiterers’ and confectioners’ shops and refreshment-rooms shall be closed as follows:—

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of November, 1907.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th November, 1907.

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 4th February, 1908, 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 27th January, 1908.

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, 1907; 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, 1907, 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; that the library is public in the sense of belonging to the public, and is not under the control of an association, society, or club whose membership is composed of a section of the community only; 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.)