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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the under-mentioned appointment:—
G Battery of Artillery.
James McPherson to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of com-
mission, 9th June, 1884.
R. OLIVER,
(in the absence of the Defence Minister.)

Authority to frank and receive.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to authorize
Mr. FREDERICK W. FRANKLAND,
Acting Registrar of Friendly Societies, to receive as well as
frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters and
parcels, and frank telegrams, on the public service.
R. OLIVER,
Postmaster-General.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1884.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.
R. OLIVER,
(for the Minister for Public Works.)

PICTON-HURUNUI RAILWAY.—DASHWOOD CON-
TRACT (FORMATION).

Accepted.

Parker and Maddock, Blenheim .. .. 17,746 6 8

Declined.

John Whittaker, Dunedin .. .. 17,949 15 0
Matheson Brothers, Dunedin .. .. 23,391 11 6
George Mackie and Co., Balclutha .. .. 25,071 14 5
G. Watson, Dunedin .. .. 27,968 0 0

Alterations and Additions to Scale of Fares and Charges
in force on New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works
Act, 1882,” I, Richard Oliver, acting for the Minister
for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations
and additions to the scale of charges for the purpose specified
below, such alterations and additions to come into force on
and after Monday, 21st July, 1884.
PART I.—PASSENGERS.
LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.
Hurunui—Bluff Section.
The following fares will be charged between Pelichet Bay
and the stations named :—

As witness my hand this 16th day of July, 1884.
R. OLIVER,
(acting for Minister for Public Works.)

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 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 John Elliot Fox, M.A.
The Reverend Anthony Spurr Webb, M.A.
Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Henry Josiah Lewis.
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1884.

THE Taranaki, New Zealand, District of the Ancient
Order of Foresters, is registered as a friendly society,
under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 9th day of
July, 1884.
F. W. FRANKLAND,
Acting Registrar.

Branches of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1884.

THE following courts are registered as branches of the
Taranaki, New Zealand, District of the Ancient Order
of Foresters, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this
9th day of July, 1884:—

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Acting Registrar.

Working-Men's Club registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1884.

THE Auckland Working-Men's Club and Mechanics' In-
stitute, situated at Auckland, is registered as a work-
ing-men's club, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,”
this 8th day of July, 1884.
F. W. FRANKLAND,
Acting Registrar.

Name erased from Medical Register.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1884.

IT is hereby notified that, in accordance with the provisions
of section 21 of “The Medical Practitioners' Registra-
tion Act, 1869,” the name of Lloyd Davenport Parry,
L.R.C.S.Edin., late of Kaitangata, has been erased from the
Medical Register of the colony,
E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1884.

PATENT for an Improvement in Hanson Cabs and similar
Vehicles.
CHARLES ASHBURNHAM FLOYD, of Eastbourne, in the
County of Sussex, England, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 30th 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 15th day of September 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. 1157.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1884.

PATENT for a Cinder Sifter.
GEORGE COOKSON, of Christchurch, New Zealand,
Gardener, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th day
of September next, at 12 o'clock noon, at this office, to hear