Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3003

2nd Lieutenants [Lieutenants, Reserve of Officers (temp.)]—
John Walker.
Robert Molesworth Tolhurst.
Francis Norman Harley.
Edwin Royden Wells, M.C.
Algar Temple Williams.
Herbert Claude Thornton.
Harold John Maule Thomson.
Robert Wood, M.C.
Oswald Mills.
Edgar Charles Darfield Withell.
George Duncan Lockhead.

2nd Lieutenants (Late Lieutenants, N.Z.E.F.)—
Alexander Francis Meldrum.
Francis Joseph Traynor.
Arthur Topham.

2nd Lieutenants—
Edward Thomas Rees, M.M.
Nathaniel Martin Robinson, M.M.
Ralph Raymond.
William Dickson Rutherford.
Edward Reginald Francis Scarfe, D.C.M.
John Malcolm Stringer, D.C.M., M.M.
Paul Francis Stratford.
Eric Russell.
Alfred Armstrong Edward Pennefather.
Donald Vincent Piper.
Charles Patrick Roberts.
Walter Victor Price, M.M.
Terence Joseph O’Reilly.
Royden Nelson, M.C.
Eustice Charles Edward Nicholson.
Donald Alexander Nelson.
William George Munn.
Hugh John Mullins.
James Edward Moffitt, M.M.
William Harold Ready.
Bertram Robert Sceats.
Mark Pirritt.
Philip Henry Sherratt.

William Pollock.
Frederick William Comer.
James Sydney Milner.
George Wilford Scott.
Vivian Harold Potter.
Othenius Rudolf Olsen, M.C.
Gordon Hamilton Roach, M.M.
John Quarton.
Harry Pettit, M.C.
William John Organ, M.C.
Norman Leslie Remnant.

Jack Muir.
Charles Albert Gray, M.C.
Robert Vincent Hollis, M.C.

Eddie George Shearer.
Thomas Albert Rouse.
William Munro Bason.
Allan Stuart Blackie.
William Ward, M.M.
Harold Levett Walden.
Frank Ernest Ward.
William Henry Thomas Walders.
Charles Merton Wilson, D.C.M.
James Wilson.
Holly Gibson Tombs.
Leslie Frazier Tisdall.
Henry te Haeta Wilkinson.
Bertram Charles Squire, M.M.
John Ralph Thorburn.
Roland Percival Towle.
Robert Barron Witty.
Warwick St. George Ruxton Wilson.
Arthur Maxton Thomson.
Robert Lemuale Wilson.
Arthur Gordon Shand.
Clyffe Emeny Taylor.
James Owen Doherty.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp.).
Lieutenant Peter Allan Dunn is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 1st October, 1920.

The undermentioned relinquish their commissions, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 115/20, of 15th July. Dated 30th September, 1920:—
Captain Walter Lancelot Moore.
Lieutenant Harold Hastings Pavitt.
Lieutenant Sydney James Mogridge.
Lieutenant Thomas Henry Dickenson.
Lieutenant Ernest Horton Picot, M.C.
Lieutenant Alexander Simpson Mulligan, D.C.M., M.M.
Lieutenant Edwin Spashett Rainnie.
Lieutenant Kenneth Robert Rigby.
Lieutenant Walter Frederick Roebuck.
Lieutenant Charles Arnott Shallerass.
Lieutenant Winston Roy Stanthorpe Johnston.
Lieutenant Frederick John Charles Wilson.
Lieutenant Gordon Harold Tomline, M.C.
Honorary Lieutenant Andrew Wood.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST).
Lieutenant George Francis McGrath resigns his commission. Dated 18th October, 1920.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 29th October, 1920.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Cheviot, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

CHEVIOT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Mackenzie Township Special Rating area, Cheviot County, was taken on the 19th day of October, 1920, on the proposal of the Cheviot County Council to borrow the sum of £1,200 for forming footpaths, kerbing and channelling, asphalting, and shingling footpaths, within the Mackenzie Township Special Rating area.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 18, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 5. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 20th day of October, 1920.

THOS. STEVENSON, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 29th October, 1920.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Ashley, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

ASHLEY COUNTY.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to borrow Special Loan of £2,500, of which £2,200 is to be expended on the Erection of a War Memorial for the County consisting of Council Chambers and a Memorial Porch, and the Removal of Present Council Chambers, and £300 in Furnishing and Contingencies.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at the poll of ratepayers of the Ashley County held on the 19th day of October, 1920, the following were the number of valid votes recorded: For the proposal, 39 votes; against the proposal, 126 votes. I hereby declare the said proposal not carried.

Dated this 23rd day of October, 1920.

JOHN S. HIATT,
Chairman, Ashley County Council.

Subsidies to Public Libraries in Country Districts.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th October, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £3,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries in country districts.

The distribution will take place about the 1st March, 1921, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that is not sent in in due form and received by the Secretary, Education Department, Wellington, on or before the 25th January, 1921.

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 it is within a borough a reading-room where the books may be read, and containing newspapers and periodicals, must be provided for the public free of charge; in addition, it must not be situated in a borough, town, or town district the population of which exceeds fifteen hundred. The receipts for the year from subscriptions, donations, and voluntary contributions 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. The number of members subscribing to the library during the year must not have been less than eight, each of whom must have paid the subscription for at least six months. A subsidy will not be given to more than one library in the same town.

2. In the distribution 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 £25—that is, in no case will the augmented amount on which distribution is based exceed £50.

3. The whole of the subsidy must be expended without delay in the purchase or loan of books for the library.

4. It is particularly enjoined upon the authorities in charge of the public libraries concerned that a due proportion of the books purchased shall be books having a permanent value—that is, on books of more than merely passing interest.

5. 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 payments of the institution for the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1920, and such declaration must