Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3519

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 Govern-
ment, 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 Cor-
porations Act, 1908, pounds shillings and
pence; from the subscriptions of members,
pounds shillings and pence; and
from voluntary contributions other than members’ sub-
scriptions, pounds shillings and
pence; that the library is public in the sense of belong-
ing to the public, and is not under the control of an
association, society, or club whose membership is com-
posed of a section of the community only; that the in-
formation 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 ex-
penditure 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 be-
lieving 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 applic-
able. 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.

Officiating Ministers for 1911.—Notice No. 38.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1911.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year
of the reign of His late Majesty King Edward VII, and in-
tituled the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of
an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act
is published for general information :—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend MATTHEW DOOLAGHTY.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1911.

THE Hope of Morrinsville Tent, situated at Morrins-
ville, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand
District, No. 84, of the Independent Order of Rechabites
Friendly Society, Salford Unity, under the Friendly
Societies Act, 1909, this 16th day of November, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1911.

THE St. Mary’s Branch, No. 536, situated at Port
Chalmers, is registered as a branch of the New
Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit
Society Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act,
1909, this 16th day of November, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
reserve will be offered for leave by public auction
at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 22nd day of
December, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Re-
serves and Domains Act, 1908, and Amendment Act, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RAGLAN PILOT AND SIGNAL
STATION RESERVE.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with right of re-
   newal for a further period not exceeding twenty-one
   years, but subject to termination at any time by twelve
   months’ notice.

2. Valuation for substantial improvements of a per-
   manent character secured to the lessee in terms of the
   Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1911, but
   no compensation shall be claimed on account of the afore-
   said resumption.

3. One-half year’s rent and lease fee (£1 1s.) must be
   paid on the fall of the hammer.

4. Immediate possession will be given.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on
   the 1st January and 1st July in each year, free from all
   deductions whatsoever.

6. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise
   dispose of his interest in the lease without consent.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds on the
   land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reason-
   able dispatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious
   weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner
   of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the
   lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said
   lease within thirty days after the date on which the same
   ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained
at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands continued on page 3539.