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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 145. EDWARD SMETHURST, of Hokitika, West-
land, New Zealand, Engineer. An Invention for
Propelling Ships, Vessels, Barges, and all other
Floating Edifices propelled by any motive power
whatever other than wind and sails, or a combination
of any motive power whatever, including wind and
sails; and to effect other improvements in the propul-
sion, speed, and safety of vessels of any description,
and used for any purpose whatever, whether for
transport, attack, defence, or otherwise. Date of
Patent-19th March, 1872. Non-payment of
renewal fee.

No. 149. CHARLES MCQUEEN, of Dunedin, Otago,
New Zealand, Engineer. An Invention for more
simply, quickly, and easily Rivetting Wrought-iron
Pipes of small diameter, by a tool called the Auxi-
liary Rivetter, and the use of short pieces of round
Iron instead of ordinary Rivets. Date of Patent
-6th May, 1872. Non-payment of renewal
fee.

No. 150.-CHARLES MCQUEEN, of Dunedin, Otago,
New Zealand, Engineer. An Invention for
Simultaneously Punching Holes along two opposite
sides or edges of a Plate or Sheet of Iron, either
in Parallel, Straight, or Curved Lines or Radial
Lines, called "The Self-acting Duplex Punching
Machine." Date of Patent-6th May, 1872.
Non-payment of renewal fee.

No. 156.-ROBERT REID and JAMES GRAY, both of
Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, Ironfounders.
Improvements in Reaping and Mowing Machines.
Date of Patent-8th July, 1872. Non-payment
of renewal fee.

No. 161. ROBERT ATKINSON, of Seventeen-Mile
Beach, Nelson, New Zealand, Miner. A Lifting
Machine for the Saving of Manual Labour in
raising Soil, Sand, Wash-dirt, &c., and more par-
ticularly adapted to the Gold Workings of the
West Coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand.
Date of Patent-2nd August, 1872. Non-pay-
ment of renewal fee.

No. 162. MALCOM MCLELLAN, of Dunedin, Otago,
New Zealand, Engineer. A Pneumetic Mining
Apparatus, for more economically Working in the
Beds of Rivers, Creeks, or Lakes, for Gold and
other Precious Metals. Date of Patent-9th
August, 1872. Non-payment of renewal fee.

No. 163.-JOSEPH CARLILE, of Christchurch, Canter-
bury, New Zealand, Engine-driver. An Im-
provement in Straw Elevators, Shakers, and Grain
Savers. Date of Patent-21st August, 1872.
Non-payment of renewal fee.

No. 167. THOMAS POWICK, of Tuamarina, Marl-
borough, New Zealand, Flax-dresser. Flax-
washing Machine. Date of Patent-16th Sep-
tember, 1872. Non-payment of renewal fee.

No. 168. WILLIAM ISAAC WILSHIRE, of the Fitzroy
District, Taranaki, New Zealand, Brickmaker.
An Invention for Converting the finely granulated
Iron Sand of New Zealand, abounding on the Tara-
naki coast, into a Hard Compact Mass, thereby ren-
dering it fit for Smelting in the same way as ordi-
nary Ores. Date of Patent-18th September,
1872. Non-payment of renewal fee.

No. 215.-JOSEPH BALLINGER, of Wellington, in the
Province of Wellington, Plumber, &c. A Self-
acting Hydraulic Blowing Machine. Date of
deposit-22nd July, 1874. Not proceeded with.

No. 232. EDWIN WISE HOLLIS, of Grahamstown,
Thames, Auckland, Architect. An Invention for
the Making and Using a Flux for Smelting
Titaniferous Iron Ore (commonly called Iron
Sand). Date of deposit-11th June, 1875.
Refused.

Officiating Ministers under "The Marriage Act,
1854."

"MARRIAGE ACT, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1876.-NOTICE No. 1.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1876.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following LIST OF OFFICIATING MINIS-
TERS within the meaning of the said Act is published
for general information :-

United Church of England and Ireland.
The Reverend Philip Cuthbert Anderson
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The Venerable Archdeacon Alfred Nesbitt Brown
The Reverend Henry H. Brown, M.A.
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Robert Burrows
The Venerable Archdeacon Henry Francis Butt
The Reverend Herbert E. Carlyon, M.A.
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The Venerable Archdeacon Edward Bloomfield Clarke
The Reverend Charles Coates
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The Right Reverend William Garden Cowie, D.D.,
Bishop
The Reverend Edward Samuel Cross
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John Chapman Andrew, M.A.
Benjamin Yate Ashwell
William Aylmer, M.A.
Frederick Thomas Baker
William Ballachey
Joseph Bates
George Philip Beaumont, M.A.
Henry Bevis
Charles Bice
William J. G. Bluett, M.A.
William Booth
Croasdaile Bowen
Reginald Robert Bradley
Laurence Carsley Brady
Edward Nugent Bree
Frederick George Brittan, M.A.
Harry Bromley Cocks, M.A.
Robert Henry Codrington, M.A.
Richard Coffey, M.A..
William Henry Cooper
George Cotterill, B.A., Canon
John Crossley
Alexander Dasent
Charles Daniel De Castro
John Dewe
Benjamin Thornton Dudley
Benjamin Woolley Dudley, M.A.,
Canon
Christopher Blencowe Dunn
Herbert E. East
John Charles Eccles
Henry John Edwards
The Venerable Archdeacon Edward George Edwards,
B.A.
The Reverend Thomas Fancourt
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Henry Fendall
Thomas Flavell
George Foster
Edward Freeman, M.A.
Algernon Gifford
Hannibal John C. Gilbert
Henry Glasson, B.A.
Frank Gould
George Henry Gould
The Venerable Archdeacon Henry Govett, B.A.