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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [Ост. 30

Plymouth, Fitzroy District. Unoccupied. (W.
Halse, Solicitor.)
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this his 24th day of October, 1879, at the
Lands Registry Office, New Plymouth.
660 EDWIN BAMFORD,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER NOTICE.

JOHN FORBES, of Gisborne, Poverty Bay, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, Architect,
having made an affidavit of the loss of a certificate,
Vol. ii., folio 292, for part of Section 49, Township of
Gisborne, I hereby give notice that I shall issue a
provisional certificate to the said John Forbes for the
said land on the expiration of fourteen days after the
date of the Gazette containing this notice, unless
caveat be lodged at this office in the meantime.
Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Napier, this
22nd day of October, 1879.
657 J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

PATENT FOR AN INVENTION FOR STRAINING
THE WIRE IN WIRE FENCES.

THIS is to notify that RICHARD KNOWLES PAR-
KERSON, of Arowhenua, in the County of Geral-
dine, Canterbury, New Zealand, did, on this twenty-
third day of October instant, deposit at the office of
the Patent Officer, in the Colonial Secretary's Office,
in Wellington, a specification or instrument in writ-
ing 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 Richard
Knowles Parkerson has given notice in writing at
my office of his intention to proceed with his applica-
tion for Letters Patent for the said Invention, and
that I have appointed Friday, the twenty-seventh
day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
at my office, to hear and consider the said applica-
tion 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 twenty-third day of February next, at my
office, in Wellington, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will

PATENT FOR AN IMPROVED CULTIVATOR.

THIS is to notify that RICHARD KNOWLES PARKER-
SON, of Arowhenua, in the County of Geraldine,
Canterbury, New Zealand, did, on this twenty-third
day of October 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 pro-
tected and secured to him exclusively for the term of
six calendar months thence next ensuing.

And I do further notify that the said Richard
Knowles Parkerson 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-seventh day of
February next, at ten 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 twenty-
third 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 twenty-third day of
October, 1879.

W. S. REID,
John H. Heaton, Patent Agent,
Wellington.
Patent Officer.
664

PATENT FOR AN INVENTION FOR REAPING A
STANDING CROP, MAKING BANDS OF THE CROP,
AND THEREWITH TYING THE CROP (WHEN CUT)
INTO SHEAVES.

THIS is to notify that HORATIO BUNTING, of Christ-
church, New Zealand, Nurseryman, did, on the
first day of October 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 pro-
tected and secured to him exclusively 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 sixteenth day of January 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 twelfth day of
January 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 fourth day of October,
1879.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.
658

PATENT FOR AN IMPROVED SCREW-PROPELLER
FOR STEAMSHIPS.

THIS is to notify that JAMES BARBOUR, of Aratapu,
in the Provincial District of Auckland, Ship-
builder, did, on this twentieth day of September,
deposit at the office of the Patent Officer, in the
Colonial Secretary's Office, in Wellington, a specifi-
cation 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 James
Barbour 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 sixteenth day of January 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