MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Loan.

In the matter of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,"
and of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," and the
Acts amending the same respectively.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 6th day of December,
1907, a proposal was submitted by the Miramar Borough
Council to the ratepayers of the Borough of Miramar for
raising a special loan of £71,000 for providing a water-supply
for the borough, providing a system of sewerage for the
borough, street-improvement works (construction of streets
and providing shelter-sheds and road-roller), and that the
number of votes recorded respectively for and against the
proposal was as follows: For, 150; against, 11; informal,
nil.

And I declare the said proposal carried.

Dated at Wellington, the 6th day of December, 1907.

C. J. CRAWFORD,
Mayor of the Borough of Miramar.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 4th December, 1907.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

WAIKOHU BRIDGES CONTRACT.—GISBORNE-MOTU RAILWAY.

Accepted.

McLoughlin, P., and Co., Gisborne.. ... 8,174 12 6

Declined.

O'Connor, Maurice, Wellington ... ... 8,212 2 8
Brown, James, Gisborne ... ... 8,640 10 0
Bain, Alexander, Dunedin ... ... 9,198 9 7
Fraser, G. M., Cambridge ... ... 9,285 11 0
Rhodes, W., and Son, Dunedin ... ... 11,452 0 0

ERCTION OF CRUSHING STATION BUILDINGS, MOUNT EGMONT
RAILWAY.

Accepted.

Boon Bros., New Plymouth ... ... 1,395 0 0

Declined.

King, N. J., Stratford ... ... 1,500 0 0

Notice under Subsection (2) of Section 22 of "The Maori
Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act,
1907."

WHEREAS by section 22 of "The Maori Land Claims
Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907," it is
provided as follows: "(1) Where any land is vested in the
Board under 'The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,'
or 'The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,' then for the
purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of such Act
the Board, subject to the regulations for the time being of
the Survey Department, may subdivide any blocks, and lay
off and make any roads or streets; (2) any road or street so
laid off shall, upon publication in the Gazette and Kahiti of a
notice under the hand of the Native Minister stating that
the same has been laid off as a road or street, be deemed to
be a public highway, and shall vest in His Majesty":

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board has,
in accordance with the regulations of the Survey Depart-
ment of the Dominion, laid off as public roads the portions
of the block or parcel of land specified in the Schedule
hereto, the same being land vested in the said Board under
"The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900":

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said authority, and of
all other powers and authorities him thereunto enabling,
the Native Minister in and for the Dominion of New Zea-
land hereby notifies that the lands delineated in the Land
Transfer plan specified in the first column of the Schedule
hereto, and named as specified in the second column of the
said Schedule, have been laid off out of the land comprised
in the block referred to in the third column of the said
Schedule as public roads.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

SCHEDULE.

Determining Fees payable for Measurement of Tonnage of
Ships.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred upon me by section 344 of "The Shipping
and Seamen Act, 1903," I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of
Marine, do hereby determine that the fees set forth in the
Schedule hereto shall be paid for the measurement of the
tonnage of any ship registered in New Zealand or engaged
in the coastal trade, and do order that such fees shall be
calculated on the gross tonnage.

J. A. MILLAR.

Marine Department, 6th December, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

For a ship under 50 tons register ... 1 0 0
For a ship of 50 to 100 tons register ... 1 10 0
" 100 " 200 " ... 2 0 0
" 200 " 500 " ... 3 0 0
" 500 " 800 " ... 4 0 0
" 800 " 1,200 " ... 5 0 0
" 1,200 " 2,000 " ... 6 0 0
" 2,000 " 3,000 " ... 7 0 0
" 3,000 " 4,000 " ... 8 0 0
" 4,000 " 5,000 " ... 9 0 0
" 5,000 " 6,000 " ... 10 0 0

Authorising the Laying-off of certain Streets in the Town-
ship of Cloudesley of a Width of not less than 66 ft.
each.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th November, 1907.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 2 of "The Towns Main Streets Act,
1902," I, Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, do hereby
authorise the laying-off of Spring and Field Streets, in the
Township of Cloudesley, Canterbury Land District, of a
width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed
by section 17 of "The Land Act, 1892."

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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 member-
   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.