THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 401

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE LILLY MELLISH, Esq.,
to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, for the District of Picton, in the
Province of Marlborough, vice T. W. Downes, Esq.,
deceased.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent, dated the twelfth day of
October, 1866, under "The Patents Act, 1860," in
favor of

CHARLES MARTIN,
of Duke Street, Adelphi, London, England, Civil
Engineer, for an invention of "An Improvement or
Improvements in the manufacture of an Alloy or
Alloys of Titanium and Iron," with all the privileges
thereto belonging.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, dated the
twelfth day of October, 1866, under "The Patents
Act, 1860," in favor of

JOHN ROSSITER,
of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Engineer,
(who has previously obtained Letters Patent in the
said Colony, dated the second day of March, 1866,)
for an invention intituled "An Improved Crushing
Machine, principally adapted for Prospecting Pur-
poses," with all the privileges thereto belonging.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, dated the
twelfth day of October, 1866, under "The Patents
Act, 1860," in favor of

HENRY ALDERSON THOMPSON,
of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Engineer,
(who has previously obtained Letters Patent in the
said Colony, dated the twenty-third day of June,
1866,) for an invention for "Improvements in Per-
cussion Tables for concentrating and dressing Ores,"
with all the privileges thereto belonging.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1866.

THE following extract from the London Gazette of
the 17th July, 1866, is published for general
information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Extract.
Foreign Office, 16th July, 1866.

THE Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J.
W. PLOOS VAN AMSTEL as Consul-General in the
Colonies of Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania,
for His Majesty the King of the Netherlands.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1866.

THE following sections of "The Aliens Act, 1866,"
relating the mode of applying for Letters of

Naturalization, are published for general informa-
tion.

E. W. STAFFORD.

V. When any alien friend now residing in or who
shall hereafter reside within the Colony of New
Zealand desires to be naturalized if he be of good
repute and if he take the oath prescribed in the
Schedule hereto the Governor may if he think fit
grant to him under the seal of the Colony letters of
naturalization subject to such conditions (if any) as
he may consider necessary or advisable and may
thereby grant to him all the rights and capacities of
a natural-born British subject within the Colony
except the rights and capacities (if any) specially
excepted in and by such letters of naturalization.

VII. When any person desires to obtain natura-
lization under this Act he may present to the
Governor a memorial signed by himself and verified
upon oath stating his name age birth-place residence
and occupation the length of his residence in the
Colony and his desire to settle therein and praying
that letters of naturalization may be granted to him
and also a certificate signed by some Resident
Magistrate or Justice of the Peace to the effect that
the applicant is known to the person so signing and
is to the best of such person's belief and knowledge
a person of good repute.

VIII. If the Governor think fit to grant such
letters he shall direct the applicant to take the oath
prescribed by this Act before some Judge of the
Supreme Court or of a District Court or before some
Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace and
upon the certificate of such Judge or Magistrate or
Justice that the applicant has taken before him the
said oath he shall issue to the applicant letters of
naturalization accordingly and upon such letters of
naturalization being issued to him the applicant shall
enjoy all the rights and capacities which a natural-
born subject of the United Kingdom can enjoy or
transmit within this Colony except such rights and
capacities (if any) as are specially excepted in the
letters of naturalization granted and issued to
him.

IX. When any person resident in New Zealand
has previously obtained any certificate or letters of
naturalization in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland or any part thereof or in any
British Colony on the Continents of Australia Africa
or America or in the Colony of Tasmania and desires
to be naturalized in New Zealand if he submit such
certificate to the Governor in Council and if he
further state in his memorial as aforesaid that he is
the person named in such certificate and that the
same has been obtained without any fraud or inten-
tional false statement and that the signature and the
seal (if any) thereto are to the best of his belief and
knowledge genuine the Governor may at his dis-
cretion grant the letters of naturalization without
requiring from the applicant any further residence
in New Zealand or (if the applicant has previously
taken a similar oath) the oath prescribed by this
Act.

X. The Colonial Secretary shall enrol for safe
custody as of record all such letters of naturalization
and a certified copy of every such certificate as
aforesaid and shall demand and receive from every
person to whom such letters are granted the fee of
one pound in respect of such enrolment and shall
cause to be made proper indices to such letters and
certificates and shall permit every person desirous of
so doing to inspect the same and make copies of
such letters and certificates on payment of the fee of
one shilling for every such inspection.