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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 14th day of Sep-
tember 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. 1490.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1885.
P
ATENT for straining and fastening Fencing Wire, called
"The Patent Reel Wire-strainer and Fastener."
ESAU FISHER, of South Wyndham, Southland, Teacher,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said inven-
tion; and I have appointed Thursday, the 1st day of
October 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 September 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. 1491.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1885.
P
ATENT for an Invention for combining, at the one
operation, Ploughing and Harrowing, called "Thomp-
son's Disc-harrow Attachment."
ANDREW THOMPSON, of Cust, County Ashley, Blacksmith,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said inven-
tion; and I have appointed Thursday, the 1st day of
October 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 September 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. 1492.

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 21.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1885.
P
URSUANT 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:—
Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend George Elton, B.C.L.
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend William Raeburn.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.
I
N the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a
session opened at Tauranga, in the said district, on
the 2nd day of December, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim
to succeed to the interest of Enoka te Whanake in a block of
land situate in the District of Tauranga, and known as
"Allotment No. 5, Parish of Tahawai," otherwise called
"Ongare;" and in the matter of the application of Heni
Kakarihi and Mere Raiha Pakihana for a rehearing upon
such claim :
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court,
and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in
me, do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of July, 1885.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.
I
N the matter of a judgment of the Court, given at Opo-
tiki, in the District of Bay of Plenty, on the 15th day
of January, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for investi-
gation of title to land situate in the said district, and known
as "Waikura;" and in the matter of the application of
Paratene Ngata and others for a rehearing upon such claim :
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court,
and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me,
do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of July, 1885.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.
I
N the matter of a judgment of the Court given at
Hastings, in the said district, on the 14th day of March,
1885, upon the hearing of a claim to succeed to the interest
of Tamehana te Materoa in a block of land situate in the
said district, and known as "Turamoe;" and in the matter
of the applications of Peni te Puna and others for a rehearing
upon such claim :
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court,
and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me,
do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of July, 1885.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.
I
N the matter of a judgment of the Court given at Opo-
tiki, in the District of Bay of Plenty, on the 16th day
of January, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for the investi-
gation of title to land situate in the said district, and known
as "Whangaparaoa No. 2;" and in the matter of the appli-
cation of Paratene Ngata and others for a rehearing upon
such claim :
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court,
and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me,
do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of July, 1885.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
DISTRICT OF WHANGANUI.
I
N the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a
session opened at Whanganui, in the said district, on the
22nd day of April, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim for
investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and
known as "Te Kapua Block;" and in the matter of the
several applications for a rehearing upon such claim :
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court,
and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me,
do hereby dismiss such applications.
Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of July, 1885.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice relating to Maori Lexicon.

Native Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1885.
T
HE Hon. the Native Minister desires that officers of the
Native Department, and all others interested in the
matter, will be good enough to assist the Rev. W. Colenso,
of Napier, who is engaged in preparing for publication a
Maori-English Lexicon, by furnishing him with the use of
any peculiar tribal word or phrase pertaining to their par-
ticular districts, and also with any new or strange words
they may know or may have noted down.
Mr. Colenso purposes, when the lexicon is published, to
give due individual acknowledgment to all who shall have-
assisted in its preparation.
T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.