Oct. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2731

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.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less, being part of Allotment No. 78, in the Parish of Maungataniwha, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north-east by a line, 922 links; on the south-east by a line, 4571 links; on the south-west by a road, 107 links and 916 links; and on the north-west by other part of Allotment No. 78, 4180 links. The land was Crown-granted to Edward Periam Heath Gattey, described as of Onehunga, farmer, who cannot now be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the Dominion:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 21st day of October, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1908.

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.

Nevis, Charles, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, stevedore. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1908.

Gallagher, Edward, late of Riverhead, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 8th day of October, 1908.

Bolton, Samuel Stidwell, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, carrier. Filed on the 9th day of October, 1908.

Cleland, Ralph Chambers, late of New Plymouth, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, postal officer. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1908.

Warner, Henry Stewart, late of Oakura, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed on the 15th day of October, 1908.

Robertson, Henry John, late of Waimahaka, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed on the 17th day of October, 1908.

Clarkson, Jane, late of Tauranga, in the Provincial District of Auckland, widow. Filed on the 20th day of October, 1908.

Christie, James, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 20th day of October, 1908.

Pearn, Herman Henry, late of Progress Junction, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 21st day of October, 1908.

Smyth, Patrick Francis, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 21st day of October, 1908.

Tognazzini, John, late of Waikaka, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 21st day of October, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1908.

THE Clevedon Lodge, No. 75, situated at Clevedon, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1908,” this 22nd day of October, 1908.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.