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lars 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. 1547.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in Coke Ovens.

ARTHUR MARSHALL CHAMBERS, Colliery Proprietor,
and THOMAS SMITH, Foreman, both of Chapeltown, in the
County of York, England, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 3rd day of December 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 18th 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. 1548.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1885.

PATENT for Method of and Apparatus for lighting, by
Gas, Floating and Detached Lights, such as buoys,
lightships, pile-lights, and the like.

WILLIAM BENNETT RICKMAN, of 32, Clerkenwell Road,
Middlesex, England, Engineer, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 3rd day of December 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 18th 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. 1549.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1885.

PATENT for cutting and boring Roofing Slates, to be
called “Blaikie’s Patent Alternate Slate-cutting and
Boring Machine.”

JAMES BARCLAY BLAIKIE, of Auckland, New Zealand,
Slater, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 8th day of
December 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 23rd 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. 1550.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1885.

PATENT for an Improved Method of steadying and
preserving Telegraph or other Poles or Posts in the
Ground.

FRANCIS ALEXANDER TWINAME, of Dunedin, New Zealand,
Commission Agent, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday,
the 8th day of December 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 23rd day of November next, at this office, particu-
lars 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. 1551.

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 them-
selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not
later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be ob-
tained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institu-
tions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary
to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 29th July, 1885.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of August, 1885. Altitude above the sea, 140
feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

REMARKS.—On 1st, fine; 2nd to 7th, showery, squally,
cold weather, with hail on 3rd and 4th, wind S.E., and
strong on 2nd and 3rd; from 8th to 12th, fine easterly
weather, with light winds; 13th to 16th, generally un-
pleasant, squally weather, with showers, ·46in. rain recorded
on 14th, the maximum for month, wind N.W., and strong on
15th and 16th; remainder of month finer, with intervals of
showery weather, wind N.W., strong on 22nd and 23rd, and
again stormy on 30th; prevailing wind from N.W. and S.E.
Maximum temperature in shade, 61·1; minimum, 35.
Average dew-point, 43·8; average humidity, 85. Earthquake
on 5th, at 5.10 p.m., rather sharp.

R. B. GORE,
Observer.

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 5th day of September,
1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein