Jan. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 199

Permits to import Opium.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 15th January, 1912.

IT is hereby notified for public information that permits
to import opium in forms which though not suitable
for smoking may be made suitable have been granted to
the following persons and firms, subject to the provisions of
the Opium Act, 1908, the Opium Amendment Act, 1910, and
the regulations made thereunder :—

R. McKENZIE,
For Minister of Customs.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.)
per pound will be paid on the production of the first
one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good
marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities,
from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions;
that is to say :—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on
   or before the 31st March, 1911, and the remaining two-thirds
   on or before the 31st March, 1912.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has
   been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose cer-
   tificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if
   it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus,
   the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities
   produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be
   paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.)
   of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced in New Zealand.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £10,000 will
be paid for the production of mineral oil as
under :—

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,ne,
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 ap-
   pointed 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 mem-
   bership 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 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-