THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
507

Lancelot Walker, Esq., elected to House of
Representatives.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th Nov., 1863.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for
the Election of a Member of the House
of Repressntatives for the Electoral District
of Akaroa has been returned, with a Cer-
tificate to the effect that
LANCELOT WALKER, ESQ.,
has been duly elected.

WILLIAM Fox.

Alfred Cox, Esq., elected to House of
Representatives.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th Nov., 1863.

IT is hereby notified that a Writ issued for
the Election of a Member of the House
of Representatives for the Electoral District
of Heathcote has bern returned, with a
Certificate to the effect that
ALFRED COX, Esq.,
has been duly elected.

WILLIAM Eox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 18th November, 1863.
Letters Patent.

HIS Excelledcy the Governor has been
pleased to grant Letters Patent under
the "Patent Act, 1860," in favour of John
Willis, of Auckland, Farmer, and Francis
John Morris, of Matakana, Province of
Auckland, Settler, for an invention intituled
"Cicalathanatos, or Crop Preserver."--
Dated 5th November, 1862.

Also,-

Letters of Registration in favour of
Horatio Appleton, of Sydney, N.S.W.,
Gentleman, on Letters Patent granted in
the Colony of Victoria for an invention
entitled "A New and Useful Machine for
Breaking Stones for Roads, &c., and for
other purposes." - Dated 25th November,
1862.

Also,-

Letters Patent in favor of Francis Stevens,
of the City of Auckland, for an invention
entitled " A Machine for Splitting Shingles."
---Dated 20th June, 1833.

Also,-

Letters of Registration in favor of James
Lorimer, Matthew Marwood, and Robert
Rome, all of Melbourne, Victoria, Merchants,
on Letters Patent granted to them in the
said Colony for an invention entitled " Im-
provements in the mode of preserving
Animal and Vegetable Substances."-Dated
5th May, 1863.

Also,-

Letters of Registration in favor of Patrick
Hayes, of Footscray, near Melbourne, Colony
of Victoria, on Letters patent granted to
him in the said Colony for an invention
entitled "Hayes' Concentrated Specific for
the Cure of Scab in Sheep."--Dated 20th
June, 1863.

Also.-

Letters of Registration in favour of John
Bullock and Williom Brock Hoffman, of
Forest, in the Colony of Victoria,
Sawyers, on Letters Patent granted to them
in the said Colony for an invention entitled
"Improvements in Circular Sawing Ma-
chinery."-Dated 26th June, 1863,

Also,-

Letters of Registration in William
Roberts, of Melbourne, in the Colony of
Victoria, Machinist, on Letters Patent
granted in the said Colony for an invention
entitled "Improvements in Reaping Ma-
chines." Dated 30th July, 1863.

Also,-

Letters Patent in favor of Charles Martin,
of No. 3 De la Hay Street, in the City of
Westminster, in the County of Middlesex,
England, Civil Engineer, for an invention
entitled "An Invention for an Improvement
or improvements in the Manufactures of an
Alloy or Alloys of Titanium and Iron."---
Dated 15th June, 1863.

Also,-

Letters of Registration in favor of Isaac
Schwartz, of Melbourne, in the Colony of
Victoria, Reflector Manufacturer, and An-
drew Dempster, of the same place, Plumber,
on Letters Patent granted in the said Colony
for an invention entitled "Improvements in
Reflectors."---Dated 14th August, 1863.

WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 25th Nov., 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased appoint

GEORGE ANDREW OLIVER, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Electoral
District of Napier Country, under the "Pro-
vincial Elections Act, 1858.”

Wм. Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 25th Nov., 1863.

HIS Excellenhy the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER WIGHTON INGLES
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar
of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the
District of Kaikoras as the same is defined
in Proclamations bearing date the 5th April,
1862, and published in Gazette No. 17, of
7th April, 1862.

This appointment takes effect from 1st
January, 1864.

Wм. Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 25th Nov., 1862.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

JOHN MUNRO