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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."

[Here affix and
cancel a stamp
at 2s. 6d.]

Signature:
Declared at
day of
me-
, this
188 before
,
Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[NOTE. The words relating to free admission may be
struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in
brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be
inserted or substituted.]
Copies of the form of statutory declaration may be
obtained on application to the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Education Board.
THOMAS DICK.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The SECRETARY to the CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD,
Wellington,

to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters and
parcels posted on the public service on the business of the
Civil Service Examination Board.

RICHARD OLIVER,
Postmaster-General.

Tenders for Inland Mail Services.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1883.

SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post Office,
Dunedin, until Saturday, the 20th October proximo,
for the conveyance of mails between the under-mentioned
places for a period of one and also two years from the 1st
January, 1884.

1. Cromwell and Bendigo, once weekly.
2. Cromwell and Pembroke via Bendigo and Hawea
   Flat, once weekly.
3. Cromwell and Pembroke via Luggate, once weekly.
4. Cromwell and Queenstown, thrice weekly.
5. Lawrence and Cromwell, thrice weekly.
6. Naseby and Clyde via St. Bathans and Cambrian,
   twice weekly.
7. Palmerston and Naseby, twice weekly...
8. Palmerston and Naseby via Macraes and Hyde, once
   weekly.
   9. Pembroke and Cardrona, once weekly.
   10. Pomahaka Railway Siding and Schoolhouse, Wai-
   koikoi, twice weekly.

*Services may be terminated by the Postmaster-General
on his giving one month's notice in writing.

Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract,
may be procured at any post office.
No tender will be considered unless made on the printed
form.
Tenders, indorsed "Tender for Mail Service, No. ", to
be addressed to the Postmaster-General, Wellington, and
enclosed to the Chief Postmaster, Dunedin.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Tenders for Inland Mail Services.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1883.

SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post Office,
Christchurch, until Wednesday, 31st October, for the
conveyance of mails between the under-mentioned places
from 1st January to 31st December, 1884:-

Hinds and Lismore, twice weekly.
Yaldhurst and Hornby, daily.
Courtenay and Kirwee, daily.
Halkett Town and Rolleston, via West Melton, daily.
Halkett Town and Aylesbury, daily.
West Melton and Rolleston, daily.

Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract,
may be procured at any post-office.
Tenders, marked "Tender for Mail Service, No. ", to
be addressed to the Postmaster-General, Wellington, and
enclosed to the Chief-Postmaster, Christchurch.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

[No. 105

Money-Order and Savings-Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1883.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money-
Order and Savings-Bank Office will be opened at
MAUNGATUROTO (Chief Office, Auckland),
on the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ALFRED GODFREY, of Sydney, in the Colony
of New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of the said colony, has been appointed this day,
by His Honour the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand in the said colony, under
"The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,"
for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths,
affidavits, and affirmations as in the said Act mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of October, 1883.

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1883.

PATENT for a Portable Combined Seed and Grain
Cleaner and Separator.

SYDENHAM OXENHAM, of Makaraka, in the County of Cook,
in the Colony of New Zealand, Contractor, has deposited at
this office a specification of the said invention; and I have
appointed Thursday, the 10th day of January next, at 11
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 26th day of
December next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be
precluded from urging the same.

No. 933.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1883.

PATENT for Automatic Preventive to Railway Collisions.

WILLIAM ARCHIBALD MURRAY, of Piako, in the Colony
of New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office
a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 10th day of January next, at 12 o'clock
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 26th day of December next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said applica-
tion, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

No. 932.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1883.

PATENT for an Invention for Cutting Maize.

JOHN MCLEOD, of Opotiki, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, and Colony of New Zealand, has deposited at
this office a specification of the said invention; and I have
appointed Thursday, the 24th day of January next, at 12
o'clock 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 9th day of January next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said appli-
cation, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

No. 859.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1883.

PATENT for an Improvement in Mixing Atmospheric Air
with Gas.

HERBERT GABY, of the City of Wellington, in the Colony
of New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointe