Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3163

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 7th day of December, 1908.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Notice to Mariners No. 98 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th December, 1908.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the President of the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

J A. MILLAR

SOUTH COAST.—CAPE JAFFA LIGHTHOUSE.

MASTERS of vessels and others are warned that for a period of about three months, commencing on or about the 1st December next, the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse will be under repair, and that during that period the light may be somewhat irregular both in range of visibility and revolution and in other respects.

This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1014.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 12th November, 1908.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the City of Auckland under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the City of Auckland, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the city shall be closed at 9.30 p.m. on all working-days, and 10.50 p.m. on Saturdays, between the 21st of December, 1908, and the 2nd of January, 1909, inclusive: And whereas the Auckland City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the City of Auckland :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that from the 21st day of December, 1908, to the 2nd day of January, 1909, all chemists’ shops within the City of Auckland shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted the 1st day of February, 1906, fixing closing-hours of chemists’ shops is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of December, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th October, 1908.

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, 1909, 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, 1909.

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, 1908; 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, 1908, 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 Part I of “The Libraries and Mechanics’ Institutes Act, 1908,” or “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” 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 “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.” (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.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th December, 1908.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Frankton Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1908.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Frankton Drainage District, County of Waipa:
Charles Ernest Hanson Allen.
Edward Francis Murphy.
Frederick Cooper Smith.
Frank Sigley.
Arthur Henry Tompkins.