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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

Meetings of North Auckland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the North Auckland Land Board being held at the North Auckland Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 21st January, 18th February, 18th March, 22nd April, 13th May, 10th June, 8th July, 5th August, 2nd September, 30th September, 28th October, 25th November, and 16th December, during the year 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Trustee of the Manuherikia Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2435.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th November, 1924.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Manuherikia Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

John Charles Sanders

has been duly elected a trustee of the said district, vice William McDonnell, resigned.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Subsidies to Public Libraries in Country Districts.

Education Department,
Wellington, 17th November, 1924.

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, 1925, 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, 1925.

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. Libraries established during 1924 may make applications for a grant, and each case will be considered on its merits. 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, 1924, and such declaration must be on the form provided for the purpose.

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

C. J. PARR, Minister of Education.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Auckland and Provincial Motor-truck Owners Association (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Auckland this 11th day of November, 1924.

WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1924.—Notice No. 37.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1924.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Baptists.

Pastor G. N. Garlick.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 72 of 1924.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th November, 1924.

THE following Notice to Mariners, which has been received from the Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, is published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

AUSTRALIA.—SOUTH-WEST COAST.

Cape Leeuwin Light.—Period to be altered.—Power to be increased.

MARINERS and others are hereby notified that it is intended to alter the period and to increase the power of the light on Cape Leeuwin.

Date of Alteration.—On or about 1st March, 1925; without further notice.

Position.—On the southern summit. Lat. 34° 22′ S., long. 115° 09′ E., on Chart No. 1037.

Alterations—

Period.—The period will be altered from five seconds to seven and a half seconds, and the length of the flash will be increased from 0·2 sec. to 0·3 sec., thus: Flash 0·3 sec., eclipse, 7·2 sec.

Power.—The power will be increased from 450,000 candles to 784,000 candles.

NOTE.—In other respects the light will remain unaltered.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Wanganui on the 9th December, 1924.

Registrar’s Office,
Wanganui, 17th November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Wanganui on the 9th day of December, 1924, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

W. H. BOWLER, Registrar

(Wanganui, 1924-26.)

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.