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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Agency of New Zealand Government Life Insurance
Association opened, Brunnerton.

N.Z. Government Life Insurance Association,
Wellington, 17th September, 1885.

AN agency of the above association will be opened at
the
Post Office, Brunnerton, Westland,
as from the 28th instant.
By order.
D. M. LUCKIE,
Acting General Manager.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1885.

PATENT for an Improvement in the Knife of the
"Triumph Ti-tree Cutter." (See Letters Patent,
No. 1306, of the 20th day of November, 1884.)
Henry Reynolds, of Taupiri, Waikato, Auckland, New
Zealand, 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 there-
to; 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. 1553.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1885.

PATENT for a Washing and Cleansing Fluid, to be
known as "Casson and Co.'s Invincible Cleanser and
Washing Fluid."
George Samuel Casson, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Ac-
countant, 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. 1554.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1885.

PATENT for August's Economic Blended Hair Mat-
trass.
Herman August, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Upholsterer
and Cabinetmaker, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday,
the 10th 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 25th 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. 1555.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in Gas-motor Engines. (A
communication from Charles Henry Andrew, of the
firm of Messrs. J. E. H. Andrew and Co., Engineers, of
Stockport, Chester, England.)
John Henry Cockseedge, of 26, Martin's Lane, Cannon
Street, London, England, Gentleman, temporarily residing
at Melbourne, Victoria, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 1st day of April 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 March 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. 1556.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th September, 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:—
Comstock Extended; Section 3, Block XI., 14 acres and
12 perches, Reefton. No. 1004.
Comstock Extended; Section 2, Block XI., 14 acres 1
rood 4 perches, Reefton. No. 1005.
North Cleopatra; Section 2, Block VII., 15 acres 3 roods
34 perches, Reefton. No. 1007.
Southern Cross; Section 18, Block XI., 16 acres and 38
perches, Reefton. No. 1059.
All in the Nelson South-West Mining District.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th September, 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:—
James and John Findlay; Section 56, Block VIII., 3 acres
3 roods, Kawatiri. No. 1103.
Mokihinui Morning Star Quartz-Mining Company
(Limited); Section 16, Block V., 12 acres, Marina. No.
1254.
The Buller Quartz-Mining Company (Limited); Section
28, Block V., 13 acres 2 roods 3 perches, Marina. No. 1255.
The Constitutional Gold-Mining Company; Section 7,
Block X., 16 acres 2 roods, Ngakawau. No. 1325.
All in the Nelson South-West Mining District.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for
application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—
James Meikle; Section 7, Block VI., 6 acres, Kyeburn,
Otago District. No. 753c.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations made under
that Act for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes,
it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease of
Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicant
specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections against such lease.
Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged
with the Warden at Queenstown on or before the 10th day
of October, 1885.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Queenstown.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Thomas Gilbert Pearce. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Victoria." 16 acres,
at Skipper's Creek, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-first
day of September, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-five.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)