APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 527

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Abbotsford Siding.

A shunting charge of 1d. per ton will be levied on all goods consigned to or from this siding, in addition to the classified rates.

As witness my hand, this 24th day of April, 1883.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

Certain Land in Canterbury classified as Pastoral Land.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of the seventy-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1877,” have reported to His Excellency the Governor that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be classified as pastoral land, and the Governor has determined that the same shall be disposed of as pastoral land upon deferred payments, as provided by sections 76 to 85 inclusive of “The Land Act, 1877.”

SCHEDULE.

Run No. 443, Class 2, Runs Nos. 548, 793, 794, 184, 233, 358, 416, 686, 687, 164, 519, 520, Class 3, and all that portion of Run No. 357, Class 3, lying to the westward of the purchased land within that run, in the County of Geraldine; also Run No. 694, Class 3, in the County of Ashley. And the following lands are classified as agricultural land within the meaning of the Act: That portion of Run No. 357, Class 3, and Run No. 423, Class 2, bounded towards the North by the Opuha River; towards the East by Rural Sections Nos. 25368, 20208, 30268, 32380, 25838, 20209, and 19948; towards the South by Section No. 33202; and towards the West by Sections Nos. 32389, 32591, 28850, 28849, 28848, 32574, 32575, and 32573, situated in the County of Geraldine.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1883.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post Office in the Westport Postal District, known as Hampden, will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to MURCHISON.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1883.—Notice No. 11.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1883.

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 Daniel Borrie.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1883.

THE Star of Onehunga Lodge, No. 8, situated at Onehunga, is registered as a branch of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 20th day of April, 1883.

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

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1883.

PATENT for a Suspender, known as the “Diamond Suspender.”

WALTER GREENSHIELDS, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 13th day of July 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 28th day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 810.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1883.

PATENT for an Invention for mixing or gauging mortar, cement, concretes, asphalte, or other such substances for erecting buildings and for laying down roads, streets, tramways, pathways, kerbs, channels, and other like purposes, called a “Concrete or Mortar Mixer.”

JOHN JOSEPH HOWARD, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Painter, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 6th day of July 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 21st day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 811.

Governor of Auckland College and Grammar School elected.

Board of Education,
Auckland, 13th April, 1883.

NOTICE.—In accordance with “The Auckland College and Grammar School Act, 1877,” and with the Regulations thereunder for the election of Governors by the Board of Education for the District of Auckland, I hereby notify that, at a meeting of the said Board held this day,

RICHARD LAISHLEY, Jun., Esq.,

was duly elected a Governor of the Board of Governors constituted by the said Act, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Thomas Peacock, Esq., M.H.R.

C. LAISHLEY,
Chairman of Meeting.

Also, FREDERICK J. MOSS,
Chairman of Meeting of part of time.

Hokitika Savings Bank Accounts for 1882.

STATEMENT of the Receipts and Payments, and Assets and Liabilities, of the Hokitika Savings Bank, for the year ending the 31st December, 1882.

RECEIPTS.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Cash in hand, 31st December, 1881 ... 1,874 10 1
Amount lodged by depositors ... 4,753 14 2
Interest added during the year ... 34 3 5
Interest added to 31st December, 1882 ... ... ... 360 11 0
5,148 8 7
Interest on mortgages ... ... ... 628 4 8
Interest on deposits with Union Bank of Australia (Limited) ... ... ... 34 18 1
Mortgages repaid ... ... ... 2,181 17 11
£9,867 19 4

PAYMENTS.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Repaid depositors ... 5,135 12 6
Interest credited depositors ... 394 14 5
5,530 6 11
Charges ... ... ... 187 19 0
Invested on mortgage ... ... ... 3,227 13 7
Cash balance—
In Union Bank of Australia (Limited), fixed deposits ... 900 0 0
In Union Bank of Australia (Limited), open account ... 21 19 10
921 19 10
£9,867 19 4

WM. DUNCAN.
Manager.

Examined and found correct.

W A. SPENCE,
Auditor.

23rd January, 1883.