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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1883.
PATENT for an Improved Machine or Apparatus for
filling cans or tins with Meat in the Meat Preserving
Process.

MARMADUKE CLARKE, of Tomoana, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Hawke's Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, Manager
of Works, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 13th day
of December 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 November 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. 875.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1883.
PATENT for a Galvanized Lead-headed Nail.

SAMUEL PARKER, of Auckland, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 13th day
of December 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
November next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 877.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1883.
PATENT for a Novel Steam-boiler and Furnace.

JAMES LEES, of Oamaru, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Sheepfarmer, and JOHN WILLIAM ROCK, of the same place,
Mechanical Engineer, have deposited at this office a speci-
fication of the said invention; and I have appointed Thurs-
day, the 4th day of October 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 September 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. 726.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1883.
THE Loyal General Cameron Lodge, No. 5285, situated at
Brightwater, is registered as a branch of the Nelson
District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly
Society, Manchester Unity, under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1882," this 27th day of July, 1883.

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

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1883.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for
application as if no leases of the said ground had ever been
applied for:-

Thomas McNeight; 16 acres 2 roods, Section 48, Block II.,
Maruia District. No. 1225.
George Munro; 16 acres 1 rood 22 perches, Section 14,
Block V., Maruia District. No. 1227.
Joseph Kelly; 16 acres 2 roods, Section 13, Block V.,
Maruia District. No. 1231.
Joseph Kelly; 16 acres 1 rood 22 perches, Section 15, Block
V., Marui District. No. 1232.

All in Nelson South-West Gold Fields.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

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Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1883.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor 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:-

James Pole Allen; 10 acres, District of Grey Valley, Nelson
South-West Mining District. No. 858.

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 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 Ross, on or before the 31st day of
August, 1883.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: The Alpine Gold-mining Company. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business: "Alpine Gold-
mining Company;" 10 acres, at Stoney Creek, in the Totara
Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this twenty-fifth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-Payment Sections.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea. 11th June, 1883.
THE under-mentioned Deferred-Payment Sections, having been
forfeited for breach of conditions, will be offered for sale
by public auction, the improvements for cash, and the lands on
deferred payments, in terms of section 71 of "The Land Act,
1877," at the District Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the
8th August, at 10.30 a.m. :-

• Improvements, £45. † Improvements, £40.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Waimate Plains, West Coast Settlement Reserves.

SALE OF LEASES FOR A TERM OF TWENTY-ONE
YEARS.
Compensation for Improvements up to £5 per Acre will be
allowed at End of Term of Lease.

West Coast Settlement Reserves Office,
Hawera, 19th July, 1883.
WRITTEN tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the
under-mentioned sections, in accordance with the