Nov. 16.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1717

IRON.
A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1,000) will be
given for the production, in New Zealand, of 300
tons of pig-iron, of marketable quality, from ore pro-
duced in New Zealand.

Conditions.

1. The bonus not to be given for any quantity less
   than 100 tons.
2. Notice of the intention to erect ironworks and
   claim the bonus must be given to the Colonial Secre-
   tary before the 31st December, 1882.
3. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st De-
   cember, 1883.
4. In the event of more than one claimant giving
   such notice, not more than seven-tenths of the bonus
   may be claimed by the first producer, and not more
   than three-tenths by the second producer; but if
   only one claimant becomes a producer on the above
   conditions, he may claim the whole of the bonus.
5. The iron in respect of which any bonus is
   claimed, and the ore from which it is manufactured,
   will be examined by an officer to be appointed by the
   Government, who may require the production of
   bonâ fide account sales of quantities not less than
   100 tons weight, showing that such iron has been
   sold at a fair market price as pig-iron.

THOMAS DICK.

Registry of Branch of Odd Fellows Friendly Society
cancelled.

NEW ZEALAND. -"FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1882."
CANCELLING OF REGISTRY.

Name of Society: The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society.
Register Number: 146.
Name of Branch: Loyal Avon Lodge, No. 23.
Register Number: 146 (7).

THE registry of the above-mentioned branch is
hereby cancelled, at the request of the Grand
Lodge Secretary, on the ground that the Loyal Avon
Lodge was dissolved in accordance with the general
laws, and has therefore ceased to exist.

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

Date: Thirteenth day of November, 1882.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1882.

PATENT for an invention for a mixture of wheaten
meal and baking-powder, to be called "Patent
Cornina."

JAMES MILLER BROWN and CALEB FRAGGART,
both of Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Merchants, have deposited at this office a specifica-
tion 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 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. 733.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of Dissolution of Rechabite Hall Company
(Limited).

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Wellington
District. In the matter of the Rechabite Hall
Company (Limited), and in the matter of "The
Limited Liability Joint-Stock Companies Dissolu-
tion Act, 1872."

IN the matter of "The Joint-Stock Companies Dis-
solution Act, 1872," and in the matter of the affi-
davit and application of Mr. F. H. Fraser, Manager
and Secretary of the Rechabite Hall Company
(Limited), I hereby notify that, no objection to such
application having been made and lodged with me as
by the said Act required, I do now declare such Com-
pany to be dissolved.

A. S. ALLAN,
Registrar of the Supreme Court.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of November,
1882..

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 8th November, 1882.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground
had ever been applied for:---

William Cowman and others; 5 acres 2 roods 16
perches, Section 1, Block III., District of Nokomai,
Otago Gold Fields. No. 253c.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regu-
lations 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 applicants specified
in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections 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 Cromwell on or before
the 30th day of November, 1882.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Cromwell.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William Talboys and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"The Norwegian Company." 16 acres, in the
Dunstan Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this sixth
day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

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 leases of Crown lands for gold-