Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1433

Registrar of the Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th October, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN ALLEN, Esq.,

to be Registrar of the Supreme Court at Blenheim, from the 1st instant, vice J. J. Turnbull, resigned.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Native Assessor appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HAPI KINIHA

of Gisborne, to be an Assessor for the purposes of “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” “The Native Circuit Courts Act, 1858,” and “The Native Circuit Courts Act Amendment Act, 1862,” within the District of Poverty Bay.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotion and appointment:—

M Battery of Artillery.

Lieutenant Ernest Herbert Wilmot to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th September, 1884.

Wellington Guards.

Maurice Alfred Chilton to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of appointment, 11th September, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of

The Oamaru Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 19th September, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

Notice to Mariners, No. 47 of 1884.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th October, 1884.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, is published for general information.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(for the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

NEW LIGHT, DOUBLE ISLAND POINT.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after this date, a revolving light will be exhibited from the highest part of Double Island Point, at an elevation of 315 feet above the sea.

The apparatus is of the third order, holophotal dioptric, and the light, which is visible from a distance of twenty-four miles, attains its greatest brilliancy at intervals of 30 seconds.

The tower from which the light is exhibited is circular, and painted stone colour.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 11th September, 1884.

Steam Services to Karamea, and to certain Places South of Hokitika as far as Caswell Sound.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1884.

SEALED tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Saturday, the 25th proximo, for the performance of the following Steam Services, for a period of twelve months, commencing on a date hereafter to be agreed upon:—

Between Nelson and Karamea, and Westport and Karamea, alternately, once every four weeks.

Between Westport, or Greymouth, or Hokitika, and Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast River, Okuru, Jackson’s Bay, and Caswell Sound, calling at such other places as the Postmaster-General may from time to time direct, once every two months.

The services to be performed in accordance with timetables to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and with the right of renewal for a further period of twelve months by the Postmaster-General, on his giving two months’ prior notice to that effect.

Tenderers to state the rate of passage-money for first- and second-cabin passengers, and the freight per ton for cargo, scheduled under the following heads:—

Personal Effects, Stores, and Provisions.

Farm Produce and other Local Products.

Minerals and Ores.

The rate per head for all descriptions of live stock also to be given.

Tenderers to state the names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels to be employed in the service.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed “Tender for Steam Services.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1884.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post Office in the Dunedin Postal District, known as Swift Creek, will, from the 15th instant, be changed to

HERIOT.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Trade Union registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1884.

THE Christchurch Operative Bootmakers’ Society, situated at Christchurch, is registered under “The Trade Union Act, 1878,” this 30th day of September, 1884.

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Registrar.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1884.

PATENT for a Pianoforte Hopper Roller and Circular Hammer.

WILLIAM FREDERICK JONES, of Anglesea Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 18th 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 3rd 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1241.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1884.

PATENT for the “Excelsior Haemorrhoid Support.”

HENRY JAMES TURNER, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 18th 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 3rd 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1242.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for destroying Plant Vermin, namely, the whole tribe of Aphides, including the