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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 107.

Thursday, the 4th 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 19th day of November next, at this office, par-
ticulars 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. 1230.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1884.
PATENT for Improvements in Appliances for filtering
Water or other Liquids (being a communication from
abroad).
FRANCIS HUGH SNOW, of Adelaide, South Australia,
Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the
27th 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 12th
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. 1231.

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 22.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th 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 names of Officiating
Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published
for general information:—
Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend William Marsden Du Rieu, M.A.
Baptists.
The Reverend Lewis John Shackleford.
The Reverend John Gane Wilson.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 17th September, 1884.
THE Kawakawa Lodge, situated at Kawakawa, is re-
gistered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The
Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 17th day of September,
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 them-
selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not
later than the 31st October next.
Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be ob-
tained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institu-
tions, 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.

Land Sale, Auckland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 10th September, 1884.
I HEREBY notify that the town and rural lands men-
tioned in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for
sale by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 27th
October next, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.
D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF HAMILTON WEST.

| 297 | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
| | .0 3 6 | 23 12 6

TOWN OF MERCER.

III. | 25 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
| 26 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0

MANUKAU COUNTY.

PARISH OF OPAHEKE (Williamson’s Clearing).

4 | 39 | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
| 50 | 10 0 20 | 17 15 0
| 52 | 9 1 25 | 16 12 6
| 73 | 10 0 0 | 17 10 0
| 78 | 4 3 25 | 8 15 0
| 84 | 9 3 0 | 17 2 6
| | 4 0 30 | 8 10 0

Description of Land.—Lots 39, 50, and 52, mixed forest;
73, level, light scrub and fern, good soil, accessible by road;
78, undulating, one-quarter bush, remainder bush-clearing,
good soil, accessible by road; 84, level, tea-tree and fern,
accessible by road.

PARISH OF WAIPipi (near Waiuku).

3 | 23, 23A | 80 0 10 | 100 7 0
| 24, 25, 26, | 82 1 33 | 103 2 6
| 27, 28, 31, | |
| 32, 33 | |
| 29, 30, 34, | 37 1 20 | 46 17 6
| 35 | |

Description of Land.—Lots 23 and 23A, 35 acres rush swamp,
balance open fern land, good fall to swamp for draining all
the fern land, ploughable, section is close to main Waipipi–
Waiuku Road; 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, and 33, all open fern
land, almost level, next to above; 29, 30, 34, and 35, open
fern and tea-tree, quite level, and partially fenced, next to
above.

PARISH OF OPAHEKE.

| A. R. P. | £ s. d.
157 | 208 2 0 | 156 7 6
160 | 113 3 0 | 85 7 6
229 | 37 1 0 | 93 2 6
230 | 47 3 0 | 119 7 6
236 | 85 2 0 | 171 0 0
241 | 46 0 0 | 115 0 0
242 | 40 2 0 | 101 5 0
247 | 73 1 6 | 55 2 6