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CLASS P.—NATIVE COAL, COAL DROSS, KEROSENE SHALE,
AND FIRECLAY. s. d.
Orepuki to Bluff, per ton .. .. .. .. 7 6
Orepuki to Invercargill, per ton .. .. .. 6 0
As witness my hand this thirtieth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th 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 Offici-
ating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is pub-
lished for general information :—

Wesleyan Methodist Society.
The Reverend Joseph White.

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

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1885.

PATENT for Amalgamating Apparatus.

ADAM MILLER, of No. 2, Riches Court, Lime Street,
London, England, Engineer, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 9th day of June next, at 11 o’clock in the fore-
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 25th day of May next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said appli-
cation, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1405.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for working Tramways, Fire-
engines, Torpedo-boats, Tricycles, Aerial Machines,
&c., by portable compressed gas, to be called “The Portable
Explosive Motor.”

WILLIAM ARCHIBALD MURRAY, of Piako, New Zealand, has
deposited at this office a specification of the said invention;
and I have appointed Tuesday, the 9th day of June 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 25th 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. 1406.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1885.

PATENT for a Wire-straining Machine, called “The
Acme Universal Wire-strainer.”

ADAM HAMILTON, of East Taieri, New Zealand, Fencer, has
deposited at this office a specification of the said invention;
and I have appointed Tuesday, the 9th day of June 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 25th day of May
next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objec-
tions to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 1407.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for a Supply of Fresh Water, to
a limited extent, for use of Cattle, Sheep, and other
Animals, to be called “The Animals’ Friend, or “The Auto-
matic Tank and Trough.”

JOHN ISAAC ADAMS, of Amberley, Canterbury, New Zea-
land, Tinsmith and Plumber, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 9th day of June 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 25th 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. 1408.

New Zealand Postal Telegraphs.—Repoling of Telegraph
Line between Greymouth and Kumara.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1885.

TENDERS are invited for the supply and delivery of 850
poles, more or less, for the line of telegraph between
Greymouth and Kumara. Tenders addressed to the Super-
intendent, New Zealand Postal Telegraphs, Wellington,
will be receivable up to noon of the 11th day of May, 1885.
Specifications, general conditions, and all other information
relative to the above can be obtained at the Telegraph Offices,
Greymouth, Hokitika, Kumara, and at the General Post
Office, Wellington. The lowest or any tender will not neces-
sarily be accepted.

By order of the Commissioner of Telegraphs.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent, New Zealand Postal Telegraphs.

Standing Orders on Local Bills.

THE following amended Standing Orders of the Houses
of the General Assembly relative to Local Bills are
published for general information.

F. E. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Parliaments.

18th March, 1885.

349. Local Bills are those which, not being Private Bills,
     affect particular localities only.

350. No Local Bill shall be read a second time unless
     notice shall have been given of the said Bill in the locality
     to which the Bill refers; such notice shall state explicitly
     the object which such Bill is intended to effect, and shall
     have been published once at least in each of three suc-
     cessive weeks before the second reading in a newspaper
     circulating in such locality.

351. At the time of the first publication of such notice, a
     copy of the Bill shall be deposited in the Resident Magis-
     trate’s Court of the district, and shall be open to public
     inspection; and such Bill shall, at the expiration of the
     prescribed period for advertising, be forwarded to the Clerk
     of the House in which the Bill is to be introduced, indorsed
     with a certificate from the Resident Magistrate, or Clerk of
     the Resident Magistrate’s Court, that such Bill was so depo-
     sited, and remained open for public inspection for the pre-
     scribed time.*

352. When it is intended in such Bill to take power to
     deal with any lands, plans or surveys of such lands, on a
     scale of not less than two inches to a mile, and certified by
     an authorized surveyor, shall be deposited with the Bill.

353. In the case of Bills authorizing the construction of
     harbour works, or the raising of further loans for the com-
     pletion of harbour works previously authorized, such Bill
     shall be accompanied by a statement of the financial posi-
     tion of the promoters, an estimate of the cost of construc-
     tion, and the estimated increased revenue to be derived from
     the proposed works, together with the plans or surveys before
     mentioned.

354. Before the Bill is introduced into the Legislative
     Council or House of Representatives, the before-mentioned
     plans or surveys and estimates shall be forwarded to the
     office of the Clerk of the House in which the Bill is to be
     initiated.

• Amendment shown in italics.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Sitting of Native Land Court adjourned.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1885.

THE sitting of the Native Land Court has this day been
adjourned from Masterton to Palmerston North, where
it will open on Friday, the 17th day of April, 1885.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.