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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

Benefit Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1882," this 2nd day of November, 1882.

Name of Lodge. No. Where situated.
St. Joseph's Branch 1 Christchurch.
St. John's Branch 2 Leeston.
St. Patrick's Branch 82 Christchurch.
Invercargill Branch 96 Invercargill.
St. Patrick's Branch 107 Lawrence.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1882.

THE New Zealand Hibernian Catholic Benefit
Society, situated at Christchurch, is registered as
a friendly society, under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1882," this 2nd day of November, 1882.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1882.

PATENT for the Bending of various kinds of
Timber into wheel-rims, felloes, spring-cart raves,
and every description of bent wood-work for making
carriages and carts and other purposes.

WILLIAM LANGDOWN, of Christchurch, New Zea-
land, has deposited at this office a specification of
the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the
26th day of January next, at 10 o'clock in the fore-
noon, 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 11th day
of January next, at this office, particulars in writing
of their objections to the said application, otherwise
they will be precluded from urging the same.

No. 717.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1882.

PATENT for an Automatic Reversing Registra-
tor.

JOHN EDWARD HAYES, of the City of Wellington,
New Zealand, Plumber, and THOMAS CLARKE JEN-
KINS, of the said City of Wellington, Book-keeper,
have deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 26th
day of January next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at
this office, to hear the said application and all objec-
tions thereto; and I require all persons having an
interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent
to leave, on or before the 11th day of January next,
at this office, particulars in writing of their objections
to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

No. 727.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Institution for the Deaf-and-Dumb, Sumner.

APPLICATIONS for appointment to the office of
Assistant-Master in this institution will be
received by the Director, at Sumner, near Christ-
church, up to the 15th November next. The salary
will be either £110 with board, &c., or £150 without
board.

Applications must be accompanied with testi-
monials, and particulars as to age, &c. A teacher
holding a certificate of Class D from the Education
Department would be preferred. The person ap-
pointed will be required to enter on his duties at the
new year.

WM. JAS. HABENS,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1882.

Standing Orders on Local Bills.

THE following amended Standing Orders of the
Houses of the General Assembly relative to
Local Bills are published for general information.

F. E. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Parliaments.

16th October, 1882.

1. Local Bills are those which, not being Private
   Bills, affect particular localities only.
2. No Local Bill shall be read a second time unless
   notice shall have been given of the said Bill in the
   locality to which the Bill refers. Such notice shall
   state explicitly the object which such Bill is intended
   to effect, and shall have been published once at least
   in each of three successive weeks before the second
   reading in a newspaper circulating in such locality.
3. At the time of the first publication of such
   notice, a copy of the Bill shall be deposited in the
   Resident Magistrate's Court of the district, and shall
   be open to public inspection.
4. When it is intended in such Bill to take power
   to deal with any lands, plans or surveys of such lands,
   on a scale of not less than two inches to a mile, and
   certified by an authorized surveyor, shall be deposited
   with the Bill.
5. In the case of Bills authorizing the construction
   of harbour works, or the raising of further loans for
   the completion of harbour works previously autho-
   rized, such Bill shall be accompanied by a statement
   of the financial position of the promoters, an estimate
   of the cost of construction, and the estimated in-
   creased revenue to be derived from the proposed
   works, together with the plans or surveys before
   mentioned.
6. Before the Bill is introduced into the Legisla-
   tive Council or House of Representatives, the before-
   mentioned plans or surveys and estimates shall be
   forwarded to the office of the Clerk of the House in
   which the Bill is to be initiated.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Forest Sections in the Thermal-Springs
District, Rotorua.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1882.

HEREBY notify that the right for a term of
seven years to cut and remove Timber from the
parcels of land enumerated in the Schedule here-
under will be offered, at a premium or foregift, for
sale by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the
18th day of December, 1882, at the hour of 11 o'clock
in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.