Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3667
11 p.m.: And whereas the Mackenzie County Council has
certified that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is
carried on the trade of a seller of books, tobacco, hair-
dressers' requisites, and fancy-goods, combined and separately, within the Mackenzie County:
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 and after the 11th day of December, 1911, all shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of books, tobacco, hairdressers' requisites, and fancy-goods, combined and separately, in the Mackenzie County shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
This notice supersedes that gazetted on 27th April, 1911, fixing the closing-hours of certain shops within the county.
Dated at Dunedin, this 7th day of December, 1911.
J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.
Notice fixing Closing-hours of Drapers', Tailors', and Mercers' Shops in the Borough of Thames under the Shops and Offices Act.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a
majority of the occupiers of all the drapers',
tailors', and mercers' shops, combined and separately, in the Borough of Thames, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: At 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9 p.m. on Saturdays. And whereas the Thames Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the drapery, tailoring, and mercery trades, combined and separately, within the Borough of Thames:
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 and after the 11th day of December, 1911, all drapers', tailors', and mercers' shops, combined and separately, in the Borough of Thames shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
Dated at Dunedin, this 7th day of December, 1911.
J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.
Subsidies to Public Libraries.
Education Department,
Wellington, 8th November, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £4,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.
The distribution will take place on the 3rd February, 1912, 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, 1912.

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, 1911; 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, 1911, 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 , 191 , 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.
   THOS. MACKENZIE,
   Acting Minister of Education.
   Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.
   Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 4th December, 1911.
   THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Tauhei 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.
   Tauhei Drainage District, Counties of Waikato and Piako:
   James Brown.
   James Clulow.
   Richard Lovell.
   Archibald Noble.
   John Edmund Leeson
   Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
   DECLARATION BY THE REGISTRAR DISSOLVING A SOCIETY.
   ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Norsewood, Ormondville, and Makotuku Rabbit Association is no longer carrying on its operations and has no assets, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
   Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of December, 1911.
   ROBT. E. HAYES,
   Registrar of Incorporated Societies.