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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed “Tender for Karamea Steam Service.
W. GRAY
Secretary.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1884.

PATENT for an Improved Wire-Strainer.

CHARLES OSBERN RALPH WALKER, of Coolart, Balnaring, Colony of Victoria, Station Manager, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of October 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 1st day of October 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. 1183.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1884.

PATENT for the Pyramidal-shaped Can.

JOSEPH BANKS, of Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 21st day of October 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 6th day of October 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. 1184.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th August, 1884.

PATENT for a Hooded Fire-Grate, for use in warming dwellings.

PERCY WILLIAM MONCKTON HOLT, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., of Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 21st day of October 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 6th day of October 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. 1185.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for generating Heat, to be called “Papworth’s Radiating Heat-Generator.”

DAVID SMYTHE PAPWORTH, of Masterton, New Zealand, Coach-painter, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 23rd day of October 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 8th day of October 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. 1187.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for the easier and more effectual straining the Wires of a Fence, to be called the “Acme Archimedian Wire-Strainer,” whereby the wire can be strained with greater ease to the operator, and, after having been strained, the tension is maintained without the intervention of any ratchet wheels or pawls, as in all wire-strainers now in use.

EDWARD HUGHES ELLIOTT, of Timaru, New Zealand Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 23rd day of October 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 8th day of October 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. 1188.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for the Manufacture of Pure Malt Vinegar.

FREDERICK WILLIAM DOWDING, of Christchurch, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 23rd day of October 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 8th day of October 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. 1189.

Officiating Ministers for 1884.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 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