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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 78

2. Notice of the intention to erect ironworks and claim the
   bonus must be given to the Colonial Secretary before the 31st
   December, 1883.
3. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st December,
5. 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.
6. 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 quan-
   tities not less than 100 tons weight, showing that such iron
   has been sold at a fair market price as wrought-iron.

THOMAS DICK.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1883.

PATENT for a High-pressure Drip-stone Filter.
WALTER BOOTH, of Oamaru, in the Provincial District
of Otago, and Colony of New Zealand, Commission Agent,
and GEORGE BOOTH, of Oamaru, aforesaid, Carpenter, have
deposited at this office a specification of the said invention;
and I have appointed Thursday, the 20th 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 5th 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. 883.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1883.

PATENT for an Improved Wool-press.
DONALD DONALD, of Masterton, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, and Colony of New Zealand, Sheep-
farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Wednesday, the 10th
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 25th
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.

No. 728.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1883.

PATENT for a Grain-drying Apparatus.
JAMES BRUCE, of Timaru, in the Colony of New
Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 13th
day of December 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 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.

No. 854.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1883.

PATENT for an Invention for Coating Locomotive and
other Steam Boilers, to be titled "Hadrill's Improved
Non-conductor-of-Heat Composition," with the object of
effecting a considerable saving in the consumption of fuel.
EBENEZER HADRILL, Of Howe Street, Auckland, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of
New Zealand, Manufacturer, 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.

No. 881.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1883.

PATENT for Ross's Patent Double-purpose Sanitary Self-
acting Closet Seat.
DAVID Ross, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said in-
vention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 20th 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 5th 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. 882.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands for Sale on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier 30th July, 1883.

THE lands mentioned hereunder will be open for selection
for cash on Thursday, the 30th August, 1883, and every
lawful day thereafter until withdrawn from sale. One-fourth
of the purchase-money to be paid on application, the balance
within one month thereafter.

Lithograph plans and further particulars can be obtained
on application at this office.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Ten sections, in areas from 276 acres to 34 acres; upset
price per acre, 15s.

| | | THIRD-CLASS LAND. |
| | | Ruataniwha Survey District. |
| I. | 9 | 52 0 11 | 0 10 0 |
| | 10 | 49 2 20 | 0 10 0 |
| | 21 | 300 0 0 | 0 7 6 |
| | 22 | 220 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

Description.—The land in Blocks I. and II., Ruataniwha,
is situated between the Tukituki and Waipawa Rivers; it is
covered with forest, portions when cleared being suitable for
agriculture. The main roads through the blocks have been
cleared of bush; one connecting the two rivers has been
formed for horse traffic, and gives access to most of the
sections. Drays can be taken along the river-beds to both
north and south sides of the block, which is about 60 miles
from Napier and 20 miles from the railway-line at Waipawa.

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