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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

PICTON-HURUNUI RAILWAY.—HURUNUI-PAHAU SECTION.—BALMORAL CONTRACT.

Accepted.
D. Miller, Oamaru .. .. .. £18,958 0 9

Declined.
John Whitaker, Dunedin.. .. .. 19,412 14 6
Jesse Coates, Palmerston .. .. 19,718 15 0
Robert Johnston, Christchurch .. .. 19,731 15 10
Stocks and Wallace, Christchurch .. .. 20,220 0 0

Colonial Industries.—Portland Cement.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1883.

WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to noon on 31st March, 1884, from persons who are willing to contract for the supply and delivery of one hundred tons of Portland Cement. The cement to be manufactured in the Colony of New Zealand, and to be delivered at any of the under-mentioned places, viz., Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, or Invercargill. Tenders to be addressed to the Minister for Public Works, and to be marked outside “Tender for Supply of 100 tons of Portland Cement.” Specifications and conditions may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

E. MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Ani Ripihi and Akuhata Ripihi, half-caste natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in George Lipsey and Ema Lipsey, as Trustees under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be sold by the said Trustees.

Dated at Wellington, this fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

JOHN BRYCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the Te Aroha Survey District, containing 2 roods, more or less, being part of Section No. 17 of Block IX. on the map of Te Aroha Survey District, and part of the land described in Vol. xxiv., folio 166, of the Register-book, which said piece of land intended to be conveyed is part of Block IX. on the map of the Te Aroha Gold Field Town; and is bounded towards the North-east by Lower Street, 150 links; towards the South-east by Bridge Street, 333·2 links; towards the South-west by Church Street, 150 links; and towards the North-west by other part of said Block IX. on said map, 333·2 links.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Te Kirimangu and Te Amo te Kehu, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Rihari Uru te Angina and Aromona te Whio, as Trustees under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said Trustees for a term of twenty-one years.

Dated at Wellington, this fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

JOHN BRYCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land containing by admeasurement 91 acres and 16 perches, more or less, situate at Waitotara, in the Provincial District of Wellington, on the left bank of the Waitotara River, and being part of the block of land known as the Kaipo Native Reserve, and being part of the Section numbered 80 on the plan of the Waitotara District.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1884.

PATENT for a Skin Purifier and Stain Eradicator, to be called “Haycock’s Skin Purifier and Stain Eradicator.”

THOMAS HAYCOCK, of Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand, Flaxdresser, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 10th day of July 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 25th 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. 1050.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for treating Ores, chiefly for the Extraction of Precious Metal therefrom.

EDWARD WATERS, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 10th day of July 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 25th 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. 1052.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1884.

PATENT for an improved Method or Process, and Apparatus, for extracting Metals from their Ores, and concentrating heavy Materials.

EDWARD WATERS, of Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 10th day of July 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 25th 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. 1051.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1884.

PATENT for a Flexible Shoe-lift.

JOHN GEORGE GREEN, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Bootmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th day of July 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 30th 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. 1054.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1884.

PATENT for a Crystal Engine.

ARTHUR STEELE FORD, of Coromandel, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday the 15th day of July 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