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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Telephone Exchanges to be open Day and Night.

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

PROVIDED a sufficient number of private-house subscribers can be obtained, it is proposed to keep the telephone exchanges throughout the colony open day and night. The subscription has been reduced as follows:—

Per annum, payable quarterly, in advance.
£ s. d.
For hire of each set of instruments, and wire from office or private residence for any distance within half a mile of the Telegraph Office, for the first year, commencing on the 1st day of January, April, July, or October, after the date of connection .. .. 12 0 0
For every year after the first .. .. 10 0 0
For every additional quarter of a mile, or portion of a quarter, for the first year, commencing on the 1st day of January, April, July, or October, after the date of connection .. 1 10 0
For every year after the first .. .. 1 0 0

Intending subscribers should make early application to the Officer in Charge of the Telegraph Office, from whom the necessary application forms and full particulars can be obtained.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

THE Linden Lodge, No. 165, of the United Ancient Order of Druids, situated at Roslyn, is registered as a friendly society under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 11th day of February, 1884.

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Acting Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Disciples of Christ.
Mr. Henry Exley.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1884.

PATENT for a Machine called a “Phosphorizing Grain Machine:” an Invention for the purpose of effectively poisoning Grain with Phosphorous, for the Destruction of Rabbits.

ARCHIBALD DONALD, of Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand, Blacksmith, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 17th day of April 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 2nd day of April next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 812.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1884.

PATENT for an Improved Machine for manufacturing Air-gas from Hydro-carbon Liquids.

DAVID MURRAY, Merchant, and ARTHUR WELLESLEY PARKINSON, Engineer, both of Sydney, New South Wales, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 12th day of June 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 28th day of May next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1017.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements in Harvesting Machines.

JOHN DUTHIE, of Wellington, New Zealand, Hardware Merchant, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 12th day of June 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 28th day of May next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1018.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1884.

PATENT for Card Dominos.

WILLIAM SPROULE, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Contractor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of June 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 4th day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1019.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for cleansing and taking all Dirt and Grease out of Linen and other Fabrics, and for cleansing all known Substances, to be called “Cooke’s Emancipation Soap.”

CHARLES THOMAS COOKE, of Linwood, Canterbury, New Zealand, Draper, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of June 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 4th day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1021

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

PATENT for improved Cross-cut Saws and Vertical Saws.

NICHOLAS GIBBONS, of Whatipu, Auckland, New Zealand, Millwright, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of June 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 4th day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1022.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1884.

PATENT for removing Wool from Sheepskins and preparing the Skin for tanning.

JOHN KING, of Devonport, Auckland, Surveyor, and HENRY SEDGEWICK HARROD, of Cox’s Creek, Auckland, New Zealand, Fellmonger, have deposited at this office a specification of