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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. 1053.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1884.

PATENT for a Meat-thawing and Drying Apparatus.

ROBERT NIEDERGESAESS, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of September 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 18th day of August 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. 1055.

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Henry Thomas Purchas, B.A.
The Reverend Henry Williams.

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

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1884.

THE Progress Lodge, No. 10, situated at Caversham, is registered as a branch of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 17th day of March, 1884.

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

The Gilchrist Scholarship.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th December, 1883.

A SCHOLARSHIP of the value of £100 per annum, and tenable for three years, is biennially awarded to the highest among those candidates at the London University June Matriculation Examination held in New Zealand, who pass either in the Honours or in the First Division, are not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-two years of age, and are desirous of prosecuting their studies either at the University of Edinburgh, or at the University College, London, with a view to graduation in one of the Faculties of the University of London.

If any candidates offer themselves, the June examination for New Zealand will be held some time in the month of June, 1884, or as soon after as the examination papers arrive in the colony, and at such place or places as may be hereafter fixed, having regard to the candidates’ places of abode.

Candidates will not be approved by the Examiners unless they have shown a competent knowledge in each of the following subjects, according to the details specified under the several heads:—

1. Latin:
2. Any two of the following languages: (a) Greek, (b) French, and (c) German:
3. The English language, English history, and modern geography:
4. Mathematics:
5. Natural philosophy:
6. Chemistry.

Particulars of the foregoing subjects of examination will be found in the Calendar of the University of London, under the head of “Regulations—Matriculation.” The special Latin and Greek subjects for June, 1884, are Cicero, De Amicitia, with Oration I. against Catiline; and Xenophon, Cyropædia, Book V.

The scholarship will be considered as commencing from the 1st July, 1885, but the first quarterly instalment will be paid to the successful candidate in the first week of October, 1885, at which time he will be expected to present himself to the Secretary of the Gilchrist Trust in London. Subsequent payments will depend on attendance at three courses of lectures in every session, and on good conduct; and the scholar must present himself for the first examination in one of the Faculties of the University of London before the end of the second year of the currency of his scholarship.

Every candidate will be required to give satisfactory evidence that he is between the ages of sixteen and twenty-two years, and either that he is a native of New Zealand, or that he has resided in New Zealand for the last five years.

Notice of entry, with satisfactory testimonials as to personal character, and the London matriculation fee of £2, must be sent to the Secretary for Education, Wellington, so as to reach his office not later than the 1st June, 1884.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 13th March, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

Arthur D’Oyly Bayfield; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, known as No. 2 Armchair Claim, Wairau and Pelorus Mining District.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 15th March, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

William Goodwin Collings; Bonanza Gold-Mining Company; 16 acres 2 roods, Section 9, Block I., Waitahu District. No. 1044.

William Goodwin Collings; Hector Gold-Mining Company; 15 acres 3 roods 31 perches, Section 19, Block I., Waitahu District. No. 1082.

William Goodwin Collings; Royal Saxon Gold-Mining Company; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Section 12, Block I., Waitahu District. No. 1119.

William Goodwin Collings; Cressida Gold-Mining Company; 14 acres 2 roods 30 perches, Section 13, Block I., Waitahu District. No. 1120.

David Young; for the Best Gold-Mining Company; 16 acres 2 roods 2 perches, Section 55, Block XI., Reefton District. No. 1089.

William Hindmarsh; Nevada Gold-Mining Company; 16 acres 1 rood 32 perches, Section 14, Block II., Waitahu District. No. 1091.

William Hindmarsh; Virginia City Gold-Mining Company; 16 acres 1 rood 14 perches, Section 13, Block II., Waitahu District. No. 1092.

William Hindmarsh; Inangahua Gold-Mining Company; 16 acres 1 rood 35 perches, Section 54, Block XI., Reefton District. No. 1077.

William Hindmarsh; Melbourne Gold-Mining Company; 13 acres 1 rood 36 perches, Section 53, Block XI., Reefton District. No. 1075.

William Hindmarsh; Shannon Gold-Mining Company; 15 acres and 23 perches, Section 20, Block I., Waitahu District. No. 1124.

All in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 15th March, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-