Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1287

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1884.

THE Hawera Tent, No. 44, situated at Hawera, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 13th day of August, 1884.

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Registrar.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for preventing Chisel-handles from splitting, to be called “Corrick’s Splitless Chisel-handle.”

HENRY CORRICK, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Bootmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 28th 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 13th 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. 1190.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for mixing Teas, and called the “Zealandia Combination Tea-mixer.”

JOHN EARLE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Teabroker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 28th 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 13th 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. 1191.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1884.

PATENT for Fraser’s Excelsior Aërated Water-bottle Stopper.

JOHN CAMERON FRASER, of Coromandel, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 28th 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 13th 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. 1192.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1884.

PATENT for Bennett’s Patent Meat-preserving Process.

THOMAS JAMES BENNETT, of Newmarket, Auckland, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 30th 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 14th 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. 1193.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1884.

PATENT for Hill’s Rotary Boot-polisher.

JAMES HILL, of Clinton, Otago, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 30th 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 14th 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. 1194.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1884.

PATENT for preventing the Bottoms of Iron Vessels from Corrosion, to be called “E. G. Baird’s Patent Enamel.”

ERNEST GIBSON BAIRD, of Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 30th 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 14th 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. 1195.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for preventing the Bottoms of Iron Vessels from Fouling, to be called “E. G. Baird’s Patent Anti-fouling Composition.”

ERNEST GIBSON BAIRD, of Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 30th 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 14th 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. 1196.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

TWO Scholarships of the yearly value of £35 each, to be held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke’s Bay, are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1884, except that the laws of health will not be one of the subjects of examination. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 15th and 16th of December, 1884.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 15th August, 1884.

Tenders for Purchase of Steam-engine and Rock-drill.

WRITTEN tenders will be received up to the 31st December, 1884, for the purchase of a new portable steam-engine and diamond rock-drill, with bits 2 inches in diameter, 2,000 feet of rods, and all necessary gearing for working the same, to bore at any angle. Lately imported from America, at the cost of £2,160.

For further particulars apply to the Chairman of the Inangahua County Council, Reefton.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

PATRICK BRENNAN,
Chairman, Inangahua County Council,

Reefton, 29th May, 1884.