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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

PATENT FOR AN INVENTION FOR REAPING A
STANDING CROP, MAKING BANDS OF STRAW,
AND BINDING THE SAME THEREWITH INTO
SHEAVES.

THIS is to notify that HORATIO BUNTING, of Christ-
church, New Zealand, Nurseryman, did, on this
second day of December 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 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 Horatio
Bunting 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-fifth day of April
next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at my office to
hear and consider the said application and all objec-
tions 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 twenty-
first day of April 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 second day of December,
1878.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.
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PATENT FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN HEDGE-CLIPPING
MACHINES, TO BE WORKED BY STEAM OR HORSE
POWER.

THIS is to notify that WILLIAM ANDREWS, Engi-
neer, and JOHN NANKIWELL THOMAS, Builder,
both of Christchurch, did, on this twentieth day of
November 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 Invention
is protected and secured to them exclusively for the
term of six calendar months thence next ensuing.

And I do further notify that the said William
Andrews, Engineer, and John Nankiwell Thomas,
have given notice in writing at my office of their
intention to proceed with their application for Letters
Patent for the said Invention, and that I have
appointed Friday, the fourth day of April next, at
11 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 thirty-first day of
March 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 twentieth day of
November, 1878.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.
S. Carroll, Patent Agent,
Wellington, New Zealand.
751

LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

A By-law of the Christchurch Drainage Board, as
the Local Board of Health for the district con-
stituted by the second section of "The Christ-
church District Drainage Act, 1875."

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities in that
behalf vested in them by "The Public Health
Act, 1876," the Christchurch Drainage Board, as
such Local Board of Health for the said district,
do hereby direct and ordain as follows :-

1. No person shall keep or suffer to be kept any
   swine within the said district within one hundred
   feet of a dwelling-house.
2. Every person who shall keep or suffer to be
   kept any swine within the said district, within one
   hundred feet of a dwelling-house, shall be liable to a
   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.

J. V. Ross,
Chairman.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT WATER-
RACE.

Tuapeka, 16th November, 1878.
To the Warden at Lawrence.

I HEREBY give notice that I intend to construct
a Water-race to divert and use water for mining
purposes, commencing at a point in the Waipori
River, about one mile above Elliott's stockyard, and
about four miles below the point of diversion of the
Waipori Water-race Company's head-race from the
said river, and terminating at the Wetherstones
water reserve.

The length of such race is thirty miles or there-
abouts, and its intended course is north-west and
south-east.

The mean depth of such race is 2 feet, and the
mean breadth is 3 feet, and it is proposed to divert
twenty Government-heads of water.
ROBERT GRIEVE,
Applicant, Blue Spur.

Date and number of Miner's Right : 15th October,
1878; No. 3241.

All objections to the above application must be
lodged at the Warden's Office, at Lawrence, within
fourteen clear days from the date hereof.

Hearing at 11 o'clock, on Friday, 20th December,
1878.

H. J. ABEL,
pro Warden.
Warden's Office, Lawrence,
16th November, 1878.
744

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT WATER-
RACE.

Tuapeka, 20th November, 1878.
To the Warden at Waipori.

I HEREBY give notice that I intend to construct
a Water-race to divert and use water for mining
purposes, commencing at a point in Reidy Creek,
Waipori, about one mile above the shepherd's hut,
and one mile south from the Tuapeka Road, and
terminating at the deep faces on the Waitahuna
River.

The length of such race is five miles or thereabouts,
and its intended course is south-east.

The mean depth of such race is 1 foot 6 inches,
and the mean breadth is 2 feet, and it is proposed to
divert four Government-heads of water.
ROBERT COTTON,
Applicant, Waipori.

Date and number of Miner's Right: 14th March,
1878; No. 9.

All objections to the above application must be
lodged at the Warden's Office, at Lawrence, within
fourteen clear days from the date hereof.

Hearing at 12 o'clock, on Thursday, 19th Decem-
ber, 1878, at Waipori.

H. J. ABEL,
pro Warden.
Warden's Office, Lawrence,
19th November, 1878.
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