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Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1885.

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 Otago and Southland.
The Reverend William Scorgie.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1885.

PATENT for economizing Material in the Construction of Tins or Cans for containing preserved meats, jams, &c., and other articles of food, and also for saving Space in packing the said Tins or Cans for transit.

THOMAS EDWARD MERRITT, of Wellington, New Zealand, Artist, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 14th day of May 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 29th day of April 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. 1390.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in Saddles, to be called “Thomson’s Patent Pilch Saddle.”

JAMES THOMSON, of Wellington, New Zealand, Saddler, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 14th day of May 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 29th day of April 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. 1391.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1885.

PATENT for a Non-flexible Eccentric Piano-wire Spoked Racing Bicycle Wheel.

ROBERT HENRY MARTIN, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Pianoforte Tuner, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 19th day of May 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 4th day of May 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. 1392.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in Chaff-cutters.

WILLIAM ANDREWS and ARTHUR WARD BEAVEN, carrying on business, as copartners, as Engineers, of Christchurch, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 19th day of May 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 4th day of May 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. 1393.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1885.

PATENT for Automatic Feed-gear Standard Puncher.

GEORGE DALGLEISH, of Oamaru, New Zealand, Timber Merchant, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 19th day of May 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 4th day of May 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. 1394.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1885.

PATENT for Edwards’s Improved Self-acting Deodorizing Closet.

JAMES EDWARDS, of Ponsonby, Auckland, Builder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 19th day of May 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 4th day of May 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. 1395.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1885.

PATENT for an Improvement in Wheels for Drays, Carts, and other Vehicles.

JAMES KEIR, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Blacksmith, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 21st day of May 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 May 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. 1396.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1885.

PATENT for Telephone Companion, to be attached to the telephone for the purpose of conveniently writing down messages received or to be transmitted through the telephone, and called “Welch’s Patent Telephone Companion.”

HERBERT LLEWELYN WELCH, of Christchurch, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 21st day of May 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 May 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. 1397.

Examination for the Civil Service of India.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1884.

ON the 2nd June, 1885, and following days, an Examination, open to all qualified persons, will be held in London. Persons desirous to be admitted as candidates must apply on forms, which may be obtained from the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London, S.W., or from the undersigned. The forms must be returned so as to be received at the office of the Civil Service Commissioners, in London, on or before the 31st March, 1885.

By order.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary for Education.