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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Appointments in Public Works Department.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to make the following appointments in the
Public Works Department, viz. :-
PHILIP PUTNAM, Storekeeper for North Island,
and Shipping Clerk. From 1st July, 1878.
JOHN THOMAS DUMBELL, Clerk. From 19th
December, 1878. Promoted from Treasury.
EDWARD GELL, Draughtsman. From 1st January,
1879.
J. MACANDREW.
JOHN MARSH KEMP, Draughtsman. Date of ap-
pointment, 7th January, 1879.
WILLIAM HENRY GRANO, Assistant Surveyor.
Date of appointment, 7th January, 1879.
JOHN WILLIAM O'BRIEN, Assistant Surveyor.
Date of appointment, 14th January, 1879.
HENRY CHARLES WHITE, Assistant Surveyor.
Date of appointment, 20th January, 1879.
J. MACANDREW,
(for Minister of Lands.)

Addition to the Rates for the Conveyance, Delivery,
and Storage of Goods, Parcels, &c., on all the New
Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council dated
the 17th day of December, 1878, the following
addition to the rates for the conveyance, delivery,
and storage of goods, parcels, &c., on all the New
Zealand Railways is hereby declared to be fixed, and
shall come into force from the 1st day of March,
1879.

Railway Officers' and Employés' Tickets.
Privilege ordinary tickets, and also privilege season
tickets, at one-fourth the ordinary rates, may be
issued to railway officers and employés, on behalf of
themselves, wives, or members of their family not
more than eighteen years of age, who live in family
with the applicant.

Dated this 25th day of February, 1879.
J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resigna-
tion of the commission held by the under-mentioned
officer :-
Captain James Harvey, K Battery of Artillery.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regula-
tions made under that Act for the granting of leases
for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it
is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for gold-
mining purposes to the applicant specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objec-
tions against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Picton on or before
the 25th day of March, 1879.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Offices at Picton and
Havelock.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: Charles Henry Turner. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business: "The
Ravenscliff Gold Mining Company (Limited)." 16
acres 2 roods 24 perches, at Cape Jackson, in the
Ravenscliff Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of February, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission held by the under-men-
tioned officer, for absence without leave:-
Captain Percy Galbraith, Picton Cadet Volunteers.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Appointments, Surveyor-General's Department.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1879.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments:---

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. MACASSEY,
KETTLE, and BRIDGES, of Dunedin, in the colony
of New Zealand, Solicitors, have applied, on behalf of
Messrs. W. and G. TURNBULL and Co., Agents for
Messrs. Read Brothers, of 46, Midland Railway,
King's Cross, London, bottlers of Bass and Co.'s
Burton-on-Trent Ale, to register under "The Trade
Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the
following is a description, viz. :--

Description of Trade Mark.
It is called the "Bull-dog" brand, and is indicated
on a paper label of circular form, which is affixed to
dark-coloured glass bottles--quarts and pints--of the
shape known as champagne. The principal feature
of the label is a bull-dog's head and neck, with a
collar and ring fastened around the neck, all set off
by a dark back ground. Over the dog's head are
placed, in semicircular form, the letters "Read
Brothers, London," while underneath there are, in
letters of the same size, the words "The Bull-dog
Bottling;" and the whole is enclosed in a circular
ring.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such
Trade Mark shall apply.

1. Porter or stout brewed by Arthur Guinness,
   Son, and Company, of Dublin, Ireland, and bottled
   by Read Brothers, the bottles bearing the labels and
   trade mark of the brewers, in addition to the label
   and trade mark of Read Brothers.
2. Ale brewed by Bass and Co., of Burton-on-
   Trent, in England, and bottled by Read Brothers, the
   bottles bearing the labels and trade marks of Bass and
   Co., in addition to the label and trade marks of Read
   Brothers.
   G. S. COOPER.
   (for the Registrar of Trade Marks.)