Sept. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1331

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements in a Machine for scouring Wool in Fleeces.

WALTER COOK, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Wool classer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 11th day of November 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 27th day of October 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. 1206.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements in the Method of producing Vinegar, and in the Apparatus therefor (being a communication by Victor Michaelis, of Rollinger-grund, in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg).

JOHN FREDERICK CHURTON, of Auckland, New Zealand, Wholesale Druggist, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 11th day of November 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 27th day of October 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. 1207.

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1884.

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:—

Church of Christ.

Elder EDMUND HARVEY TAYLOR.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1884.

THE Star of Wakefield Tent, No. 45, situated at Wakefield, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District of the Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 25th day of August, 1884.

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Registrar.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

TWO Scholarships of the yearly value of £35 each, to be held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke’s Bay, are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1884, except that the laws of health will not be one of the subjects of examination. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 15th and 16th of December, 1884.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 15th August, 1884.

Tenders for Purchase of Steam-engine and Rock-drill.

WRITTEN tenders will be received up to the 31st December, 1884, for the purchase of a new portable steam-engine and diamond rock-drill, with bits 2 inches in diameter, 2,000 feet of rods, and all necessary gearing for working the same, to bore at any angle. Lately imported from America, at the cost of £2,160.

For further particulars apply to the Chairman of the Inangahua County Council, Reefton.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

PATRICK BRENNAN,
Chairman, Inangahua County Council.

Reefton, 29th May, 1884.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale by Auction of Crown Lands, Marlborough.

THE Land Board of the Marlborough Land District hereby notifies that at noon, on Tuesday, the 7th October, 1884, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, the undermentioned allotment of suburban land will be offered for sale by public motion for cash, and licenses of the runs under mentioned will also be offered by public auction, at the upset prices and rants respectively hereinafter set forth:—

TO BE SOLD FOR CASH, KAIKOURA SUBURBAN.

Twenty-five per cent. must be paid at the auction; the balance and the Crown-grant fee within one month, or the money paid at auction will be forfeited.

RUNS TO BE LET UNDER LICENSE FOR PASTORAL PURPOSES under “The Land Act, 1877,” and the Amendments thereof, 1879 and 1882.

Upset annual rent, 1d. an acre. Term of license to be ten years.

There must be paid in each case, at the auction, rent at the rate of the highest price bid, from date of auction to the 1st March, 1885, and £3 for the license.

Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, 1st September, 1884.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Sale by Auction of Leases of Portions of Reserve.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 18th August, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned portions of the Awatere Shearing Reserve will be disposed of by public auction, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at noon, on Tuesday, the 7th October, 1884. Term of leases to be ten years:—

AWATERE SHEARING RESERVE, HODDER SURVEY DISTRICT.

*As one section.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,