3004
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

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, 1920, 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; from voluntary contributions other than members’ subscriptions and from net proceeds of entertainments, 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 payments of the institution for the year herein specified; that the whole of the subsidy received in the year 1920 was expended in the purchase of books for the library; [and that by the rules of the library the reading-room 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 , 19 , before me— , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 3s.]

[NOTE.—The words relating to the 1920 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.]

6. Copies of the form of application may be obtained from the Secretary, Education Department, Wellington, and from the Secretary of any Education Board.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Education.

Fixing Fees for Engagement and Discharge of Seamen.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by section 159 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), I William Herbert Herries, Minister of Marine, do hereby fix the fees set forth in the First Schedule hereto to be the fees which shall be payable upon all engagements and discharges which are effected before Superintendents of Mercantile Marine.

And, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, I do hereby fix the sums as set forth in the Second Schedule hereto to be the sums which the owner, master, or agent of a ship engaging or discharging seamen is entitled to deduct and retain from wages under subsection (7) of the said section 159.

And I do order and declare that this warrant shall come into force and effect on the 1st day of December, 1920, on and from which date the scales of fees at present in force shall be and the same are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR MATTERS TRANSACTED AT MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICES.

1. Engagement of crews :—
   In ships under 60 tons .. .. .. 0 4 0
   In ships from 60 to 100 tons .. .. 0 7 0
   In ships from 100 to 200 tons .. .. 0 15 0
   In ships from 200 to 300 tons .. .. 1 0 0
   In ships from 300 to 400 tons .. .. 1 5 0
   In ships from 400 to 500 tons .. .. 1 10 0
   In ships from 500 to 600 tons .. .. 1 15 0
   In ships from 600 to 700 tons .. .. 2 0 0
   In ships from 700 to 800 tons .. .. 2 5 0
   In ships from 800 to 900 tons .. .. 2 10 0
   In ships from 900 to 1,000 tons .. .. 2 15 0
   In ships above 1,000 tons .. .. 3 0 0
   And so on for ships of larger tonnage, adding 5s. for every 100 tons above 1,000 tons.

2. Engagement of seamen separately : 2s. each.

3. Discharge of crews :
   In ships under 60 tons .. .. .. 0 4 0
   In ships from 60 to 100 tons .. .. 0 7 0
   In ships from 100 to 200 tons .. .. 0 15 0
   In ships from 200 to 300 tons .. .. 1 0 0
   In ships from 300 to 400 tons .. .. 1 5 0
   In ships from 400 to 500 tons .. .. 1 10 0
   In ships from 500 to 600 tons .. .. 1 15 0
   In ships from 600 to 700 tons .. .. 2 0 0
   In ships from 700 to 800 tons .. .. 2 5 0
   In ships from 800 to 900 tons .. .. 2 10 0
   In ships from 900 to 1,000 tons .. .. 2 15 0
   In ships above 1,000 tons .. .. 3 0 0
   And so on for ships of larger tonnage, adding 5s. for every 100 tons above 1,000 tons.

4. Discharge of seamen separately : 2s.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. IN respect of engagements and discharges of crews :—
   Upon each engagement and each discharge—
   From wages of any mate, purser, engineer, s. d.
   surgeon, carpenter, or steward .. .. 1 0
   From wages of all others except apprentices .. 0 6

2. In respect of engagements and discharges of seamen separately : Upon each engagement and each discharge, 6d.

As witness my hand this 25th day of October, 1920.

W. H. HERRIES, Minister of Marine.

Notice respecting Proposed Orapiu Road District, Waiheke Island.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under section 11 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1919, praying that the area described in such petition and in the Schedule hereto be constituted a road district, to be known as the Orapiu Road District.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed constitution which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice; such objections or petitions are to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, being part of Old Land Claim 248 and part of Allotment 49, Parish of Waiheke, situated on Waiheke Island, and bounded as follows: Commencing at a point where the north-western boundary of Hunterville Road meets the high-water mark in Pearl Bay, and bounded towards the north generally by the northern boundary of the aforesaid road to its intersection with Macquarrie Road; thence towards the north and east generally by the eastern boundary of the aforesaid road to its intersection with Langely Road; thence towards the north and west generally by the north-western boundary of the aforesaid road to its intersection with Anzac Road; thence towards the north and east generally by the north-eastern boundary of the aforesaid road to the westernmost corner of Section 97 of a subdivision of part of Old Land Claim 248; thence towards the north-west generally by a right line, 1044·34 links, to the northernmost corner of Section 90 of the aforesaid subdivision of Old Land Claim 248; thence towards the south-west and north-east generally by the south-western and north-eastern boundaries of Anzac Road to the high-water mark at Orapiu; thence towards the south-east generally by the aforesaid Bay and Pohutukawa Bay to Otakawhe Bay; thence towards the south generally by the aforesaid bay; and thence towards the south-west generally by the sea and Pearl Bay to the point of commencement: be the aforesaid linkages more or less.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st November, 1920.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the sum of 10s., forwarded to the Railway Department by a person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

J. J. ESSON,
Acting Secretary to the Treasury.