Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for manufacturing Pigments, Paints, Oil and Water Colours, to be called "Hood's Oil and Water Colour Paints."

THOMAS HOOD, of Te Aroha, Auckland, New Zealand, Painter, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 24th day of March 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 9th day of March 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. 1343.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention or Design consisting of a Dial Plate to be used in connection with Timekeepers in present use, to be termed "The Cambridge Dial."

JOHN DANIEL ARNABOLDI, of Cambridge, New Zealand, Contractor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 24th day of March 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 9th day of March 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. 1344.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1884.

PATENT for an Improvement in the Construction of Land Harrows and Cultivators.

ROBERT COCKERELL, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Agricultural Implement Maker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 26th day of March 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 11th day of March 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. 1345.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1884.

PATENT for an Improved School-desk, called the "Simplex."

SEPTIMUS BACON, of Masterton, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 26th day of March 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 11th day of March 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. 1346.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for making Boxes for packing Cheese for Shipment.

JAMES CRAIG, of Oamaru, New Zealand, Timber Merchant, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 26th day of March

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 11th day of March 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. 1347.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for cultivating and scarifying the Land, to be known as "R. Cockerell's Patent Flexible Adjustable Scarifier."

ROBERT COCKERELL, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement Maker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 26th day of March 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 11th day of March 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. 1348.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in, or applicable to, Ventilating Apparatus.

CHARLES LAWRENCE and THOMAS FITZGERALD WINTOUR, both of Southampton, England, Ventilating Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 31st day of March 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 16th day of March 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. 1349.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in the Manufacture of Packs or Bags for holding and conveying Wool.

SAINT JOHN VINCENT DAY, of 115, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 31st day of March 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 16th day of March 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. 1350.

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.