SEPT. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, 1345

States of America, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” a trade mark of which the following is a description, viz. :

Description of Trade Mark.

A square label on which is the representation of two flags flying from halliards attached to two flagstaffs crossing one another. The flag on the right is a representation of the Union Jack of Great Britain, and that on the left a representation of the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America. In the space between the upper portion of the two crossed flagstaffs are the letters “B.S.,” and in that between their lower extremities are the words “& Co. Trade Mark.”

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Lubricating oils.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Quarantine at Ports in Western Australia.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1884.

THE following telegram from the Colonial Secretary of Western Australia is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY,

The Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

This Government will be obliged by your making it known that vessels, passengers, merchandise, &c., arriving at any port in colony, are subjected to a quarantine of twenty-one days from date of leaving Victorian ports.

COLONIAL SECRETARY, Perth.

3rd September, 1884.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

Notice to Mariners, No. 40 of 1884.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th September, 1884.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, and the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, are published for general information.

ROBERT STOUT.

ENTERPRISE CHANNEL, HERBERT RIVER.—BEACONS REPLACED BY BUOYS.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in consequence of the shifting nature of the sand at the entrance to the Enterprise Channel the two beacons have been replaced by a red and a black buoy.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 4th August, 1884.

CLIFFY ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, BASS STRAITS.

REFERRING to the Notice to Mariners dated the 25th May, 1883, it is now notified that, on and after the 8th September, 1884, a light will be exhibited from the lighthouse on Cliffy Island.

The light is a third order dioptric flashing light, showing red, and giving five flashes and eclipses alternately in every minute; it is elevated 180 feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weather all round the horizon at a distance of fifteen nautical miles.

The lighthouse is 25 feet high, and constructed of stone.

Position (approximate): Lat. 38° 58′ 10″ S., long. 146° 42′ 24″ E.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 8th August, 1884.

Notice to Mariners, No. 41 of 1884.

WESTPORT, BULLER RIVER, WEST COAST OF MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th September, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Thursday, the 1st January, 1885, an alteration will be made in the light signals at Westport, when the following will be exhibited:—

Harbour light: The present white light will be continued in its present site, south-west side of entrance to the river.

Bar unsafe: A red light seaward of the harbour light.

Bar safe, with seven feet of water thereon: A white light seaward of the harbour light.

Bar safe, with nine feet of water thereon: A green light seaward of the harbour light.

For crossing the bar, the white or the green light, as the case may be, and the harbour light should be kept in one.

During the day the New Zealand bar and danger signals will be used, and also the international code when necessary; and the red masthead flag-signal hitherto shown at tide-time will be discontinued.

ROBERT STOUT.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1884.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post and Telegraph Office in the Thames Postal District known as Waterford will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to

KATIKATI.

By order of the Postmaster-General,

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1884.

PATENT for the Combination Kitchen Boiler and Fire-stand.

JENS JENSEN, of Feilding, Wellington, New Zealand, Blacksmith, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 13th 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 29th 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. 1208.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements on Brakes for Carriages and other Light Vehicles, to be called “Price’s Noiseless Spring Brake.”

CHARLES EDWARD PRICE, of Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand, Coachbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 13th 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 29th 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. 1209.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1884.

PATENT for an Improved Portable Floating Apparatus for sluicing Alluvial Earths.

GEORGE BOULTON BROWN ELLIOTT, of No. 2, Sydney Terrace, East Melbourne, Victoria, Timber Merchant, has