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any circumstances, be permitted to pass within such points;
and also that from sunset to sunrise red lights will be exhi-
bited at the opening of the channel.
Jos. A. TOLE.
(for the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Tenders.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th April, 1885.

THE following tenders for the erection of a pilot's cottage
at Wairau River have been received :—

Accepted. £ s. d.
Peter Connell, Blenheim .. .. .. 273 15 0
Declined.
Joseph Aston, Blenheim .. .. .. 295 0 0
Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Militia Notice.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1885.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Militia
rolls have been prepared at Wellington, Auckland,
Christchurch, and Dunedin, and are now posted.
All persons liable to serve in the Militia, but whose names
do not appear in the lists so posted, are informed that under
the existing Militia Act it is incumbent upon them, under a
penalty, to give in their names, ages, and places of residence
to the Adjutant or Commanding Officer of the Militia dis-
trict, with a view to the completion of the rolls, and it will
be publicly notified by the Commanding Officer of each
district, as soon as possible, at what hours and places such
persons can comply with the Act.
In order to meet the convenience of persons resident at a
distance, written communications addressed to the Adjutant
of the Militia district will be sufficient, provided that they
contain the prescribed information as to full name, age, and
place of residence.
As under the existing Act the Governor is empowered to
draw out such part of the Militia as he may deem advisable,
it is desirable that, in addition to the above prescribed in-
formation, persons liable to serve in the Militia should state
whether they are married or single.
G. S. WHITMORE,
Colonel Commanding Forces.

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 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 names of Offici-
ating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are pub-
lished for general information :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Æneas Macintosh.
Wesleyan Methodist Society.
The Reverend Samuel Buchanan.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Will accepted by Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1885.

In the matter of the will of Peder Sorensen, of Mauriceville,
deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that probate of the said
will has been granted to the Public Trustee, the Executor
appointed under the said will.
R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Latin and Greek Authors for Civil Service Examination,
April and October, 1886.

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board,
Wellington, 24th April, 1885.

THE following are the Latin and Greek authors for the
April and October examinations, 1886:—
Latin.—Horace, Odes, Book III., and Ars Poetica; Sallust,
Jugurtha.

Greek.—Homer, Iliad, Book I.; Xenophon, Anabasis,
Book I.
N.B.—Candidates who take up either of these languages
will have to pass in both verse and prose author.
By order.
C. C. N. BARRON,
Secretary.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in the Construction of Fire-
grates.
Alfred Atkins and Frederick de Jersey-Clerc, of
Wanganui, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 7th day of July 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 22nd day of June next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said appli-
cation, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 1424.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention called the "Electric Adver-
tiser."
Parnell Rabbidge and Gustaf Dillberg, of Christ-
church, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday,
the 7th day of July 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 22nd day of June next, at this office, particulars
in writing of their objections to the said application, other-
wise they will be precluded from urging the same.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 1425.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for a Trap to take Rabbits,
Pheasants, Cats, Hawks, or other Animals.
Benjamin Goulton, of Kaeo, Wanganui, County of Mo-
gonui, farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of
the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 7th
day of July 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 22nd day
of June 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. 1426.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1885.

PATENT for an Improved Check Billiard-marker.
Thomas Clarke Jenkins, of Wellington, New Zea-
land, Clerk, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 7th day
of July 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 22nd day
of June 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. 1427.

Bank of Australasia Half-yearly Return of Assets and
Liabilities.

HALF-YEARLY Return of the aggregate average amount
of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of
Australasia, within the Colony of New Zealand, from the
14th day of October, 1884, to the 13th day of April, 1885,
inclusive. Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of In-
corporation.