pence: that the information hereinafter furnished by me in
the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the
abstract of accounts is a true statement of the receipts and
expenditure of the institution for the year herein specified;
and that by the rules of the institution admission to the reading-room is open to the public free of charge.
And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day
of , 188 , before me—

Justice of the Peace,
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public.]

[Note.—The words relating to free admission may be struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of application may be obtained from the Secretary for Education, Wellington, or the Secretary of any Education Board.

ROBERT STOUT.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize
Mr. R. H. Govett, Wellington,
to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels transmitted in connection with the administration of "The Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885."

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office closed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1885.

It is hereby notified for general information that the Money Order and Savings Bank Office at BANNOCKBURN (Chief Office, Dunedin), has been closed from the 1st instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1885.

It is hereby notified for general information that a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at HERBERTVILLE (Chief Office, Napier) on the 10th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Amended Notice.—Steam Service to West Coast Ports and Karamea.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1885.

SEALED Tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Monday, the 30th of November, for the performance of the following steam-services:—
(1.) Between Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast River, Okuru, and Jackson's Bay, once every three months:
(2.) Between Westport and Karamea, or between Nelson or Westport and Karamea alternatively, once every four weeks.

The services to be for a period of twelve months, with the right of renewal or termination, on two months' notice being given by either side, at the end of the contract term.

The services to be performed in accordance with time-tables to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and to commence about the third week of February next, on a date hereafter to be fixed by the Postmaster-General.

Tenderers to state the names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels to be employed in the services.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed "Tender for West Coast Ports Steam Service," or "Tender for Karamea Steam Service," as the case may be.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. 28.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1885.

Pursuant 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Herbert M. Livens.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

New Zealand Government Insurance Agency opened at Tuakau, Auckland.

N.Z. Government Life Insurance Association,
Wellington, 31st October, 1885.

An agency of the New Zealand Government Life Insurance Association has been opened at the Post Office, TUAKAU, AUCKLAND.

By order.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Manager.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1885.

Patent for an Invention for Collecting Money, to be called "The Reliable Portable Fare-Collecting Box."

JAMES KNOX, of Auckland, New Zealand, Civil Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of February 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 January 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1885.

Patent for a Machine to be called "Malfroy's Patent Centrifugal Minerals Separator."

JEAN MICHEL CAMILLE MALFROY, of Ross, Westland, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of February 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 January 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1885.

Patent for Improvements in Well-driving Apparatus.

JOB OSBORNE, of Doyleston, in the County of Selwyn, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 4th day of February 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 20th day of January 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1885.

Patent for Osborne's Self Feeder to attach to Threshing Machines.

JOB OSBORNE, of Doyleston, in the County of Selwyn, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the