THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
439

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

N OTICE is hereby given, that ELLEN Mc-
SWINEY, of Wetherstons, in the Provincial
District of Otago, and Colony of New Zealand, sister
of BRYAN MCSWINEY, late of Wetherstons aforesaid,
Settler, deceased, has made application to the Dis-
trict Land Registrar of the District of Otago to be
registered as proprietor in fee simple of Section
numbered twenty (20), Block X., on the Map of the
Tuapeka East District, as Devisee under the Will of
the said Bryan McSwiney, deceased; and that she
will be so registered as such proprietor unless caveat
be lodged at this office forbidding the same within
one calendar month from the date of the publication
of this notice.
Dated this 9th day of April, 1877, at the Lands
Registry Office, Dunedin.
195
A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

N OTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
in each case within one calendar month from date
of publication of this notice.

Allotments 4 and 10 on plan of subdivision of part
of Sections 9 and 10, Block VII., East Taieri District.
-JAMES HAMILTON REID, Applicant. Nos.
2336 and 2354.

Allotments 142, 143, and 144, Block XII., Town-
ship of Milton.-PETER MCGILL, Applicant. No.
2340.

Sections 84 and 85, Block XXIV., Town of Dun-
edin.-The BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, Appli-
cant. No. 2344.

Part of Section 21, Block VI., Town District.-
JAMES FORSYTH, Applicant. No. 2348.

Section 44, and part of Section 45, Block XXIII.,
Town of Dunedin.-HENRY JOHN TANCRED,
Applicant. No. 2350.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 15th day of April, 1877, at the Lands
Registry Office, Dunedin.
198
A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

W HEREAS a declaration has been lodged with
me, made by Andrew Fulton, the registered
proprietor of part of Sections numbered respectively
thirteen (13), fourteen (14), and one hundred and
fifty-five R (155R), Block I., on the map of the Upper
Kaikorai District, in the Provincial District of
Otago, containing by admeasurement one (1) acre
and eighteen (18) poles, little more or less, of the
loss of the certificate of title thereto, entered in the
Register Book of the said district, Vol. 14, folio
212: I hereby give notice that I intend to issue a
provisional certificate of title to the piece of land
above mentioned to the said Andrew Fulton, unless
caveat be lodged within fourteen days from the date
of the publication hereof.
Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, this
12th day of April, 1877.
199
A. W. SMITH,
District Land Registrar of the
District of Otago.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

N OTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels of
land hereinafter described will be brought

under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
in each case on or before the 28th day of May, 1877.

2738. JENNINGS MOFFET.-50 acres, Rural
      Section 116, Christchurch District. In the occupa-
      tion of Applicant.

2739. GEORGE SMART.-3 acres, part of Rural
      Section 8051, Oxford District. Unoccupied.

2740. CHARLES CARTER.-24 acres, part
      Rural Section 3201, Christchurch District. In the
      occupation of Applicant.

2741. ROBERT MILLAR.-39 perches, Lot 72,
      Township of Winchester; part Rural Section 4930,
      Timaru District. Unoccupied.

2742. JOHN GAY.-100 acres, Rural Section
      5308, Lincoln District. In the occupation of Appli-
      cant.

2743. FRANCIS LE LIEVRE.---360 acres,
      Rural Sections 8008, 8009, 8010, 8011, 8014, 8015,
      8016, 8017, and 8018, on Banks Peninsula. Unoc-
      cupied.

2744. ROBERT GORDON GUNN.-20 acres,
      Rural Section 9803, Timaru District.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 13th day of April, 1877, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.
197
EDWARD DENHAM,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

PATENT FOR AN IMPROVED WIRE STRAINER.

T HIS is to notify that WILLIAM ARCHIBALD MUR-
RAY, of Glenore, in the County of Bruce, New
Zealand, Farmer, did, on the ninth day of April in-
stant, deposit at the office of the Patent Officer, in
the Colonial Secretary's Office, in Wellington, a
specification or instrument in writing under his hand
and seal, particularly describing and ascertaining the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed; and that by reason of such
deposit the said Invention is protected and secured
to him exclusively for the term of six calendar
months thence next ensuing.

And I do further notify that the said William
Archibald Murray has given notice in writing at my
office of his intention to proceed with his application
for Letters Patent for the said Invention, and that I
have appointed Friday, the twenty-ninth day of June
next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at my office,
to hear and consider the said application and all
objections thereto; and I do hereby require all per-
sons having an interest in opposing the grant of
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the twenty-
fifth day of June, at my office, in Wellington, parti-
culars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from
urging the same.

Given under my hand this ninth day of April,
1877.
W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.
202
S. Carroll, Patent Agent.

PATENT FOR A NEW PORTABLE PRESS FOR WOOL,
CHAFF, HAY, STRAW, &c.

T HIS is to notify that WILLIAM ANDREWS, Engi-
neer, and HENRY MOFFAT, Miller and Farmer,
both of the Provincial District of Canterbury, in the
Colony of New Zealand, did, on the seventeenth day
of January instant, deposit at the office of the Patent
Officer, in the Colonial Secretary's Office, in Wel-
lington, a specification or instrument in writing
under their hands and seals, particularly describing
and ascertaining the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed;
and that by reason of such deposit the said Inven-