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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 January 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. 1276.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1884.

PATENT for a Process for the clearing and purifying and generally improving of Kauri Gum.

THOMAS D'ARCY HAMILTON, of Tauhoa, Auckland, New Zealand, School-teacher, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th day of January 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 14th day of January 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. 1277.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1884.

PATENT for a Self-creating Motor.

GEORGE PARTINGTON, of Thames, Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th day of January 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 14th day of January 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. 1278.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1884.

PATENT for a Self-acting Stump- or Rock-jumping Plough.

GEORGE THOMAS BOOTH, WILLIAM ROSS, and RANALD MACDONALD, all of Sydenham, Canterbury, New Zealand, Implement Manufacturers, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th day of January 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 14th day of January 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. 1279.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1884.

PATENT for an Improvement in Wire-Strainers, whereby palls or loose stops are dispensed with by introducing a pin or stud in the centre of the end of any ordinary wire-strainer.

WILLIAM WELLS and GEORGE WILLIAM STURGESS, both of Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th day of January 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 14th day of January 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. 1280.

Bank of Australasia Half-yearly Return of Assets and Liabilities.

HALF-YEARLY Return of the aggregate average amount of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia, within the Colony of New Zealand, from the 15th day of April, 1884, to the 13th day of October, 1884, inclusive. Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. 6,056 10 5
Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 66,546 6 2
Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest .. 120 2 6
Balances due to other Banks .. 252,675 1 10
Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 327,383 15 4

Total liabilities within the colony .. £652,781 16 3

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coin and bullion .. .. .. 129,877 13 10
Landed property (Bank premises) .. 57,998 11 9
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 3,453 1 0
Balances due from other Banks .. 123 2 11
Debts due to the Corporation, including notes, bills, and other securities .. 1,451,604 3 10

Total assets within the colony .. £1,642,556 13 4

E. W. MORRAH, Inspector.
J. W. PICKERSGILL, pro Accountant.
29th October, 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.

Runs liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 29th October, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 137 of “The Land Act, 1877,” to the under-mentioned occupiers of runs, that the same are liable to forfeiture, and if the rent, together with the full amount of penalty, be not paid within three months from date the runs will be declared forfeited:—
Run No. 420, William McIntosh.
Run No. 443, John Lyttle.
Run No. 455, John Clayton.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 4th November, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that Section No. 32, Block III., Waimate Survey District, a reserve not required for immediate use, containing 90 acres and 20 perches, and situated near the Town of Manaiā, will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of fourteen years, at the upset rental of 10s. an acre, at the Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 3rd December next, at 10.30 a.m.

No compensation will be allowed for improvements at the end of the term.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of License of Run, Amuri.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 20th October, 1884.

THE license for the term of ten years, from the 1st day of March, 1885, for the under-mentioned run will be