Dec. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3711

1. (a.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 250,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
   (b.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 500,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
   (c.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 1,000,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
   (d.) The balance of £2,500 to be paid to the person or company who first produces by his or its own refining plant 500,000 gallons of refined mineral oil.
   “Marketable crude oil” shall contain not less than 90 per cent. of products (excluding water) which can be obtained by distillation.
   “Refined mineral oil” may include benzine, petrol, kerosene, or lubricating-oils.
   The illuminating-oil in the refined state to have a specific gravity of 0·814 to 0·830, and a flashpoint of not less than 83° Fahr. by the Abel closed test.
2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Minister of Mines not later than 31st March, 1912.
3. The claim must be made and the conditions duly fulfilled on or before the 31st March, 1915.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions under any of the headings (a), (b), (c), or (d) shall be the recipient of the bonus payable under that heading. The oil must in each case be produced from the well or wells of one proprietary only.
5. All conditions as to quantity, quality, priority, and value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.
6. This offer cancels the offer dated the 1st June, 1909, and appearing in the New Zealand Gazette.
   R. MCKENZIE,
   Minister of Mines.

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.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th December, 1911.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge receipt of postal note for 10s. and 2s. 6d. in stamps, forwarded to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, and to the Collector of Customs, Auckland, respectively, by some persons unknown as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.
J. W. POYNTON,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JOSEPH BALCH BRAMAN, Esq., of Equitable Building, 120 Broadway, New York City, New York, United States of America, Attorney and Counsellor at Law of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the United States of America, under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of December, 1911.
EUSTACE STOCKER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

The Establishment of a District Branch Office of the Public Trustee at Invercargill.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that in lieu of the Agency of the Public Trust Office at Invercargill, under the control of Mr. R. F. Cuthbertson, as Agent, a branch of that office has been established under the control of Mr. Somerset Ward Smith, as District Manager.
FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.
Wellington, 12th December, 1911.