Dec. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3187

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 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.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 29th November, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

OHURA COUNTY COUNCIL.

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 Ohura County was taken on the 10th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Ohura County Council to borrow the sum of £25,000 for the purpose of—

(1.) Construction of roads and tramway to give access to metal-pits £ 5,000
(2.) Garage, sheds, and workmen’s huts 3,000
3.) Machinery and plant for construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, and culverts 17,000
Total .. .. .. 25,000

The number of votes for the proposal was 399, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 215. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 20th day of November, 1920.

E. SOWRY, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st December, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Wairoa River Bridge.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, notice is hereby given that at a poll of ratepayers taken on the 10th November, 1920, on the proposal to borrow £6,000 additional required to provide the Hobson County’s share of construction of a traffic-bridge across the Wairoa River at Dargaville, and forming approaches thereto, the number of votes recorded was as follows: For the proposal, 327; against the proposal, 241; informal, 7. Total valid votes recorded, 568.

As the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal is less than three-fifths of the total valid votes recorded, I therefore declare the proposal to be rejected.

V. TROUNSON, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st December, 1920.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Wairoa Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

WAIROA ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Wairoa Electric-power District taken on the 10th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Wairoa Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of £100,000 for the purpose of—

(1.) Erecting main electric transmission and feeder lines between Waikaremoana and the Borough of Wairoa, including substations and equipment (£35,000);
(2.) Erecting subsidiary transmission-lines, feeders, and substations from the main transmission-line to outlying districts in Wairoa County (£60,000);
(3.) Purchase of electric motors, machinery, fittings, &c. (£5,000);

the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 504, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 31. I therefore declare the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of November, 1920.

W. ORMOND, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st December, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

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 County of Franklin was taken on Wednesday, the 10th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Franklin County Council to borrow the sum of £18,000 for the purpose of purchasing machinery and plant for road-construction purposes.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 1,490, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 504.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Pukekohe this 17th day of November, 1920.

W. CLAUD MOTION, Chairman.