Jan. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 47

Notifying Land in the Wellington Land District subject to
"The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900."

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 31st December, 1906.

Pursuant to the provisions of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Loughnan Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 34 acres 3 roods 10 perches, more or less, and being part of Section 387, Town of Palmerston North, and bounded towards the north-east by Section 388, 2471·6 links; towards the south-east by other part of Section 387, 1300·6 links, 250 links, and 200 links; towards the south-west by Sections 384, 383, 382, and the abutments of two streets, 1450 links, and by other part of Section 387, 407 links and 1000 links; and towards the north-west by Main Street East and Napier Road, 1114·1 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated upon the plan deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar, Wellington, and numbered A. 2135; and shown also upon the plan marked L. and S. 19259, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands Department, at Wellington, and thereon edged with green.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Meetings of Auckland Land Board.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 7th January, 1907.

His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 of "The Land Act, 1892," approved of the meetings of the Auckland Land Board being held at 10 o'clock a.m. on the last Thursday in each month during the year 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 12th November, 1906.

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, 1907, 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 28th January, 1907.

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, 1906; 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, 1906, 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.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Education.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1907.

The Sanctuary Epuni, No. 7314, of the Ancient Order of Shepherds, situated at Petone, is registered as a friendly society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 4th day of January, 1907.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Election of Member of Education Board.

It is hereby notified that for the election of one member for the North Ward of the Education District of Westland, to fill the seat vacated by James S. Benyon, the following votes were recorded:—

Rouse, Robert .. .. .. 18
Linklater, Henry .. .. .. 13
Smyth, Henry Montague .. .. .. 8

Total votes polled .. .. .. 39
Informal .. .. .. 0

I therefore declare ROBERT ROUSE duly elected as a member of the Board.

A. J. MORTON,
Returning Officer.

Education Office, Hokitika,
12th December, 1906.

Surveyors for Federated Malay States.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 7th January, 1907.

The Government of the Federated Malay States requires the services of several New Zealand licensed surveyors to serve for three years under agreement. Salary, £375 per annum, and allowances. Unmarried men between twenty-five and thirty years of age preferred. Full particulars obtainable on application to

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Surveyor-General.