May 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 879

appointed Thursday, the 28th day of August 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 13th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1121.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1884.

PATENT for Process and Apparatus for Baryta or Strontia Treatment of Saccharine Liquors, and for Production and Recovery of these Reagents.

HIPPOLYTE LEPLAY, of Paris, in the Republic of France, Chemist, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 28th day of August 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 13th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1122.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for barbing Wire for Fencing or other Purposes, called “Wilkinson’s Barbing Machine.”

WILLIAM WILKINSON, of Kaikorai, Dunedin, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of September 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 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1123.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for hatching Eggs, termed “Hydro-incubators.”

JOHN WATT, of Sawyer’s Bay, Dunedin, New Zealand, Poultry-farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of September 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 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1124.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1884.

PATENT for a Galvano-electric Satchel.

DESIRÉ NOEL FRANCOIS GARNIER, of Auckland, New Zealand, Medical Electrician, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 4th 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 20th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1125.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1884.

PATENT for an Improved Fencing Brace.

JAMES LEES, of Oamaru, New Zealand, Sheepfarmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said in-

vention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 4th 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 20th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1126.

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th May, 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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend David Gordon.

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

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1884.

THE Faithful Friend Tent, situated at Waimate, Canterbury, is registered as a branch, No. 29, of the New Zealand Central District of the Independent Order of Rechabites’ Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 23rd day of May, 1884.

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

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1884.

THE Pride of the Forest Lodge, No. 147, of the United Ancient Order of Druids, situated at One-Tree Point, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 23rd day of May, 1884.

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

Government Life Insurance Agency opened.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that an agency of the Government Insurance Department has been opened at the Post Office, Duvauchelle’s Bay, Akaroa.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Ashburton.

IN compliance with the provisions of the 61st section of “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” I hereby notify that

EDWARD GEORGE WRIGHT, Esq.,

has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Ashburton, and that his letter of resignation was received by me on the 27th day of May, 1884, and that the said seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.

Dated at Onehunga, the 29th day of May, 1884.

G. MAURICE O’ROKE, Kr.,
Speaker.

Civil Service Literary Prize, 1884.

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board,
Wellington, 28th May, 1884.

SUBJECT: “Land Laws, and their Effect, Socially and Economically, upon the Condition of the People.”

Prize: A prize of £25 will be given under the following conditions:—

1. Competition to be open to all persons under the age of thirty years at this date who have passed either the Junior or Senior Civil Service Examination, and who are in the Service at the time of competition.

2. The prize to be in books or money, at the option of the prize-taker.