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invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of November 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 4th day of November 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. 1536.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1885.

THE Rational Sick, Burial, and General Provident Association, situated at St. Albans, Christchurch, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 31st day of August, 1885.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

New Zealand Government Life Insurance Association Agency.

N.Z. Government Life Insurance Association,
Wellington, 26th August, 1885.

AN agency of the above association has been opened at the

Post Office, Pukerau, Southland,

as from the 31st August, 1885.

By order.
D. M. LUCKIE,
Acting General Manager.

Notice to Licensed Interpreters.

Native Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1885.

THE attention of Licensed Interpreters is called to the under-mentioned section of “The Thermal-Springs Districts Act, 1881,” viz.:

“3. After the publication in the Gazette of any Proclamation defining a district as aforesaid, this Act shall be in force therein; and it shall not be lawful for any person other than Her Majesty to acquire any estate or interest in Native land therein except by virtue of or through the means prescribed or permitted by this Act.”

Licensed Interpreters are cautioned against interpreting or witnessing any documents in contravention of the above section.

By order.
T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

TWO Scholarships of the yearly value of £35 each, to be held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke’s Bay, are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1884. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 14th and 15th December, 1885.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 29th July, 1885.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

No. 786. Langdon’s Quartz-Mining Company; 16 acres 2 roods, Grey District.

No. 788. Langdon’s Quartz-Mining Company; 16 acres 2 roods, Grey District.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st August, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned special claim cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

No. T752. John Dowling; 51 acres, Westland District.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Notice of Intention to construct a Dam-bank, &c.

To the Mining Registrar at Greymouth of the Westland Mining District, and all other persons whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a dam-bank and form a reservoir for the storage of water, for industrial purposes, at Lake Brunner, and that the following are the particulars respecting such dam and reservoir:—

1. Locality: At mouth of Lake Brunner, where it discharges its water into Arnold River.

2. Length of dam: About 5 chains.

3. Greatest height: About 10 feet.

4. Greatest breadth of base: About 80 feet.

5. Area of reservoir: About 12,000 acres.

6. Estimated time for construction: About two years.

7. Term for which right is required: Fifteen years.

THE GREYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD,
By M. KENNEDY, Chairman.

Date and number of miner’s right: 18th August, 1885; 58496.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden’s office, Greymouth, within thirty days from the date hereof.

Dated this 18th day of August, 1885.

W. A. BARTON,
Mining Registrar.

Native Land Court Notices.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 23rd day of August, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 2nd day of October, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Horeotewaru. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki. Area: 17 acres 1 rood.

Name by which land is known: Tipapa. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki. Area: 120 acres.

Name by which land is known: Kapara. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki. Area: 30 acres.

Name by which land is known: Raurimu. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki. Area: 380 acres.

Dated this 23rd day of August, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 22nd day of August, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 1st day of October, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Takainikau. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki.

Name by which land is known: Motuhoa. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hauraki.