MAY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 605

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1883.

PATENT for a Multiple Punching Machine.

WILLIAM ROSS, of the firm of George Booth and Sons, of Sydenham, in the Provincial District of Canterbury and Colony of New Zealand, Implement Makers, 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. 788.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1883.

PATENT for a Slow-motive Gorse-cutting Machine.

JOB OSBORNE and ADAM WERNER, of Doyleston, in the County of Selwyn and Colony of New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 3rd day of August 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 19th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 746.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1883.

PATENT for a Lifting and Holding Apparatus.

ADAM WERNER, of Doyleston, in the County of Selwyn and Colony of New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 3rd day of August 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 19th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 732.

Post Office appointed as Insurance Office.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Post Office at the under-mentioned place has been opened as a Government Life Insurance Office:—

STRATFORD, Taranaki.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of “The Mines Act, 1877,” and with the regulations 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-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Westport on or before the 21st day of May, 1883.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Westport.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Frederick Ray. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The Monature Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, western side of Smile of Fortune and Great Republic, Stoney Creek, near Waimangaroa, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Applicants: John Ahearn and Christian Rasmussen. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The Conditional Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, adjoining the Kawatiri lease on the north, Stoney Creek, near Waimangaroa, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of “The Mines Act, 1877,” and with the regulations 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 Nelson on or before the 29th day of May, 1883.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: John McDowell and John C. Moutray. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Uno Quartz-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, on the second left-hand branch of the Owen River, above Baigent’s Station, above half a mile up Bulmer Creek, and twelve miles from the Owen Bridge, bounded on the west by the Bulmer Creek Extended Company, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
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 regulations 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-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Westport on or before the 24th day of May, 1883.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Westport.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William Campbell and party. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Nui Pai Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, adjoining the Perseverance lease, on the eastern boundary, Stoney Creek, near Waimangaroa, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Applicants: John Moriarty and Daniel Stephenson and party. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The Good Italian Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, adjoining Stoney Creek and Smile of Fortune leases on their eastern boundary, Stoney Creek, near Waimangaroa, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Applicants: Christian Rasmussen and Frederick Ray. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Danish Crown Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, north of and adjoining the Constitutional Gold-Mining lease, Stoney Creek, near Waimangaroa, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Applications for Gold-Mining Leases forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 4th May, 1882.

IT is hereby notified that the land described in the under-mentioned applications for gold-mining leases is now open to persons holding miners’ rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, the applicants having failed to comply with the provisions of Regulation 19, Part IV., Appendix A, “Mines Act, 1877,” viz.:—