612
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Declined.
H. McKenzie and Co., Dunedin ... ... 9,731 0 0
H. A. Anderson, Christchurch ... ... 9,900 0 0
James Butt, Kaiapoi ... ... 9,988 18 1
A. Stenhouse, Christchurch ... ... 10,861 0 0
A. Stenhouse, Christchurch (alternative tender) 9,745 0 0
F. W. Downes, Dunedin ... ... 11,296 8 10
H. Sheppard, Rakaia ... ... 11,570 7 2
Reese and Manson, Greytown North ... ... 11,705 0 0
J. Small and Co., Dunedin... ... ... 11,758 9 5
J. McCormick, Dunedin ... ... 12,147 16 0
W. and B. Stocks, Christchurch ... ... 12,157 15 4
P. Dey, Mosgiel ... ... ... 12,593 0 0
R. Johnston, Waikari ... ... ... 12,740 6 3

ROAD—NELSON TO TOPHOUSE AND TARNDAL
GORGE CONTRACT No. 2.

Accepted.
Jonathan Brough, Nelson ... ... ... 1,294 0 0

Declined.
G. McDonald, Blenheim ... ... ... 1,634 5 0
F. Randle, Nelson ... ... ... 1,649 0 0
F. Atkinson, Nelson ... ... ... 1,660 10 0
J. McLean, Nelson ... ... ... 1,780 0 0

LITTLE GREY BRIDGE WITH APPROACHES
CONTRACT.

Accepted.
McKenzie and Sutherland, Kumara... ... 3,364 2 0

Declined.
Cochrane and Oxley, Reefton ... ... 3,548 9 6
M. O'Connor, Greymouth ... ... 3,721 8 4
J. Osborne, Reefton ... ... 3,976 7 6
J. Maher, Hokitika ... ... 4,027 6 0
J. Reynolds, Hokitika ... ... 4,177 11 6

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1882.

PATENT for an Invention for giving an Enamel to Freestone, dressed or undressed, by the action of Fire and Limestone, the whole to be called and to be known as “The McCaffrey Enamelling Process.”

EDWARD JOSEPH MCCAFFREY, of Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand, Quarryman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 28th day of July next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 24th day of July next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

Officiating Ministers for 1882.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1882.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend A. C. Gillies.

Wm. R. E. Brown,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1882.

THE Court Zealandia, No. 4741, situated at Auckland, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the Ancient Order of Foresters Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1877,” this 19th day of April, 1882.

Wm. R. E. Brown,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Amuri Runs.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 15th April, 1882.

THE following Licenses for Runs for the term of ten years, from the 1st March, 1883, will be offered by auction, at the Land Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 31st May next, at 11 o’clock a.m., viz.:—

Terms and Conditions of Sale.

The licenses of the above runs will be sold subject to the general provisions as to runs specified in “The Land Act, 1877,” and “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879.”

The first year’s rent with the license fee shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and thereafter the rent shall be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st March and the 1st September in each year.

Plans and further particulars can be obtained at any of the Crown Lands Offices in the colony, and at the Courthouse, Waiau.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Gold-Mining Lease under “The Gold Fields Act, 1866.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th April, 1882.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned application for a gold-mining lease has been withdrawn, and that the ground is now open for application as if a lease of the same had never been applied for:—

The application of William Charles Roberts, Thomas Coleman, and Antonio Dominick, dated the 12th November, 1877, for 6 acres, situate at Owen’s Look-out, Nelson Creek.

Wm. Rolleston,
Minister of Mines,