penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and to a further
penalty not exceeding one pound for every day
during which such person shall so keep the same, or
suffer the same to be so kept as aforesaid.
Passed by the said Board, this first day of
November, 1878.
742 J. V. Ross,
Chairman.

PATENT FOR AN IMPROVED TIMBER JACK.

THIS is to notify that JOHN MCLEOD, of Auck-
land, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
Engineer, did, on this thirteenth day of September,
instant, 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 ascertain-
ing 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 John
McLeod 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 fourteenth day of Feb-
ruary 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
persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the tenth
day of February next, at my office in Wellington,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from
urging the same.

Given under my hand this 13th day of September,
1878.
736 W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

PATENT FOR THE PURIFICATION AND DEODOR-
IZATION OF THE SEWAGE WATER AND OTHER
DRAINAGE MATTER OF CITIES.

THIS is to notify that THOMAS CAIRNS BURT, of
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, did, on the
twenty-fourth day of September, 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 de-
scribing 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 ex-
clusively for the term of six calendar months thence
next ensuing.

And I do further notify that the said Thomas
Cairns Burt 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-first day of
February 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
persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the tenth
day of February next, at my office in Wellington,
particulars in writing of their objections
to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

Given under my hand this 24th day of September,
1878.
739 W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1683

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register the Advance Quartz-Mining Company
as a Limited Company under the provisions of "The
Mining Companies Act, 1872."

1. The name of the Company is to be the Advance Quartz-
   Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Devil's Creek, in the County
   of Inangahua, New Zealand.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
   Reefton.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is twenty thousand
   pounds, in twenty thousand shares of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty thousand,
   being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in
   the Company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is George Wise.
9. The names, addresses, and occupations of the shareholders,
   and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as
   follow:----

Dated this 18th day of October, 1878.

GEORGE WISE,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Hugh C. Boyd.

I, George Wise, do solemnly and sincerely declare
that----

1. I am the Manager of the said intended Company.
2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief
   and knowledge, true in every particular; and I make
   this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
   same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
   General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The
   Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."

Taken before me, this 18th day of October, 1878—
Edward Shaw, R.M., a Justice of the Peace in and
for the Colony of New Zealand. 732

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register the Morning Star Quartz-Mining Com-
pany as a Limited Company, under the provisions of
"The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

1. The name of the Company is to be the Morning Star
   Quartz-Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Devil's Creek, in the County
   of Inangahua, New Zealand.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
   Reefton.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is sixteen thousand
   pounds, in sixteen thousand shares of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is sixteen thousand,
   being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in
   the Company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is George Wise.