Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3593

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.

Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1911.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
Monday, the 25th December, Tuesday, the 26th
December, and Wednesday, the 27th December, 1911, and
Monday, the 1st January, and Tuesday, the 2nd January,
1912, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of
the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Northern
Judicial District.

WE, six of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us
by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following
rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings
of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the
Northern Judicial District, for the year 1912:—

Sittings for the trial of civil actions will be held at the
Supreme Court House, AUCKLAND, to commence on the fol-
lowing days, at 11 a.m.:—

Monday, 5th February.
Monday, 13th May.
Monday, 12th August.
Monday, 11th November.

Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the
Supreme Court House, AUCKLAND, to commence on the fol-
lowing days, at 11 a.m.:—

Monday, 19th February.
Monday, 20th May.
Monday, 19th August.
Monday, 18th November.

The trial of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial
Causes Act, 1908, may take place at any of the above-
mentioned sittings for the trial of civil actions.

Sittings of the Court in Banco will be held at the Court-
house, AUCKLAND, every Wednesday, except during vaca-
tion, the absence of the Judge, or when he is engaged on
other business.

Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge’s Cham-
bers, in the Courthouse, AUCKLAND, every Tuesday and
Friday, except during vacation, the absence of the Judge, or
when he is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers at other times and during vacation,
in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and
places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of
causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act,
1908, will be held at the Courthouse, HAMILTON, to com-
mence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Monday, 26th February.
Monday, 2nd September.

Such business in Banco and Chambers as the Judge shall
allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at
such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of
causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act,
1908, will be held at the Courthouse, NEW PLYMOUTH, to
commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Tuesday, 5th March.
Tuesday, 18th June.
Tuesday, 10th September.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge
shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings,
at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a
public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day
after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred
and eleven.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
JOSHUA S. WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
W. B. EDWARDS.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN.
W. A. SIM.

Approved in Council,

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Gisborne
Judicial District.

WE, six of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us
by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following
rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of
the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial
District of Gisborne, for the year 1912:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases will be held
at the Courthouse, GISBORNE, to commence on the following
days, at 11 a.m.:—

Monday, 11th March.
Monday, 16th September.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge
shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings,
at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.