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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

NEW CALEDONIA.—EAST COAST.—BEACONS.
THE following beacons have been established on the east coast of New Caledonia:—

1. A red beacon, surmounted by a red ball 8 feet above high tide, has been placed in 9½ feet near the detached shoal south of Wiciem, in lat. 20° 37′ 50″ S., long. 164° 54′ E.
2. A red beacon, surmounted by a red ball 11 feet above high water, in 6 feet of water, near Cape Colnett, lat. 20° 29′ 42″ S., long. 164° 46′ 25″ E. At 218 yards to the eastward of this beacon there is (on French chart No. 3531) a clump with but 1½ feet on it, which was not discovered during the first examination.

Situation of Industrial School, Auckland, changed.
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Education Department,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.
I T is hereby notified that the branch of the Auckland Industrial School now maintained in the building situate at Howe Street, Auckland, will, from this date, be maintained in the building known as Walmsley House, situate at Kent Street, Auckland, and that the use of the aforesaid building at Howe Street for industrial-school purposes will hereafter be discontinued.
ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Education.

Road Board Elections.
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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th June, 1885.
THE following notices of the elections of members of Road Boards, under “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” have been received at this office.
G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Glenbervie Road District, County of Whangarei:
James Falls.
Frederick Smith.
Tauhoa Road District, County of Rodney:
Charles V. Green.
William G. Oldfield.
Charles Parker, sen.
Remuera Road District, County of Eden:
Alfred Edward Isaacs.
James Russell.
David Nolan.
Town of Raglan Road District, County of Raglan:
Meta Karaka.
Allan Gilmour (Chairman).
John New Pegler,
Waimate Road District, County of Hawera:
Thomas Parsons.
James Jellie Nicol.
George Glenn.
William Derrit, jun.
Henry Whitworth Davy.
Wairoa Road District, County of Patea:
William Stewart Lind.
Ormond Road District, County of Cook:
Abraham Skillicorn.
Joseph Hamon.
John Bidgood.
Poverty Bay Road District, County of Cook:
William Judd.
William King.
Frederick Tietjen.
Halswell Road District, County of Selwyn:
C. P. Beadel.
J. P. Lee.
E. Gray.
S. Nutt.
S. Garforth.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1885.
P ATENT for “The Twin Broom.”
JAMES WREN, Sen., of Glen, Dunedin, New Zealand, Wheelwright, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of September 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 17th day of August 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. 1450.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1885.
P ATENT for “The Afghan Front-spring Boot.”
GEORGE BLACK and JOSEPH GRUNT, of Auckland, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of September 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 17th day of August 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. 1451.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1885.
P ATENT for “The Sir Garnet, or Seamless, Boot.”
GEORGE BLACK and JOSEPH GRUNT, of Auckland, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of September 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 17th day of August 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. 1452.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1885.
P ATENT for a Suspender, called “Greenshields’ Patent Automatic Paragon Suspender.”
WALTER GREENSHIELDS, of Auckland, New Zealand, Bracist, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of September 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 17th day of August 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. 1453.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1885.
P ATENT for an Invention for giving an Alarm of Fire, to be called “The Self-acting Household Fire-alarm.”
JOSEPH HARRISON, Plumber, and ALFRED GEORGE HUGHES, Chemist, both of Cambridge, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 3rd day of September 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 19th day of August 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. 1454.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1885.
P ATENT for Improvements in Water-jacket Smelting Furnaces.
WILLIS GORMAN DODD, of San Francisco, in the United States of America, Engineer (at present residing at Melbourne, Victoria), has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 3rd day of September 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 19th day of August next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said