Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1457

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.
Bones: Owners’ risk .. .. .. Class P.
Flax, native, dressed, pressed. If unpressed,
rate and a half .. .. .. Class E.
Tow, native, dressed, pressed. If unpressed,
rate and a half .. .. .. Class E.
As witness my hand this 16th day of October, 1884.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 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 :—
Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend Robert Colquhoun Morrison.
The Reverend David Gordon.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th October, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for, and Improvements in,
Telephonic Apparatus.
FRANK HEBDEN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Telegraph
and Telephone Engineer, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of the said invention; and I have appointed Thurs-
day, the 8th day of January next, at 11 o’clock in the fore-
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 24th 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. 1254.

Napier Savings Bank Balance-sheet for 1883.

BALANCE-SHEET of the Napier Savings Bank, for the
year 1883.

1883. RECEIPTS. £ s. d.
      Jan. 1. To Balance at Union Bank of Aus-
      tralia
      Dec. 31. Cash deposited .. .. .. 3,919 7 1
      Cash, refund mortgages .. .. 1,250 0 0
      Cash, interest mortgages .. 553 10 6
      Cash, interest per Union Bank on
      balances .. .. .. 12 7 9
      £5,735 5 4

1884. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d.
      Dec. 31. By Cash deposits withdrawn .. 4,801 19 8
      Ditto .. .. .. 74 10 4
      Amount outstanding £17 11 4
      Less .. .. 5 0 0
      12 11 4
      Charges:
      Stationery, &c. .. .. 49 3 6
      Salary to Manager .. .. 80 0 0
      Balance at Union Bank.. .. 717 0 6
      £5,735 5 4

1885. ASSETS. £ s. d.
      Dec. 31. To Balance at Union Bank .. 717 0 6
      Amount on mortgage .. .. 6,380 0 0
      Interest due on mortgage .. 169 10 0
      Estimated value of land and build-
      ings.. .. .. 1,000 0 0
      £8,266 10 6
      To Balance .. .. .. £1,095 3 4

1886. LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
      Dec. 31. By Amount due depositors .. .. 7,151 7 2
      Sundries .. .. .. 20 0 0
      Balance to credit of Napier Savings
      Bank .. .. .. 1,095 3 4
      £8,266 10 6

EDWD. LYNDON,
Manager.

Napier, 31st December, 1883.

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.

Sale of Land, Parihaka Local Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 17th September, 1884.

CROWN lands as under will be open for sale, for cash, at
New Plymouth, Patea, or Hawera, on Wednesday, the
29th October, 1884, and every lawful day thereafter until
sold :—

CAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid
at sale, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue,
New Plymouth, Patea, or Hawera, within one calendar
month from date of sale, otherwise the deposit will be for-
feited, and the contract for the sale of the land thenceforth
be null and void.