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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

JOHN PRESS, of Takapuna, Auckland, Storeman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of March 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 15th day of February 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. 1637.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1885.

PATENT for converting Nightsoil and Offal into a Concentrated and Inoffensive Manure.

THOMAS CAIRNS BURT, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of March 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 15th day of February 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. 1638.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1885.

PATENT for extinguishing Fires, called “Klingenstein’s Perfect Safety Fire-extinguisher.”

CHRISTIAN KLINGENSTEIN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Hotelkeeper, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of March 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 15th day of February 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. 1639.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in Bakers’ Ovens.

RICHARD HUDSON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd day of March 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 15th day of February 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. 1640.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for improving Construction of Beehives.

WALTER KNIGHT, of Gisborne, New Zealand, Bee-farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 4th day of March 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 February 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. 1641.

Government Observatory.

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

*Means. †Same month previous years.

REMARKS.—From 1st up to 5th, squally, showery weather from W., changing to S.E.; 6th to 12th, fine weather generally, wind variable and moderate; on 13th, showery, and during night heavy rain from S.E., 1·15 in. recorded on 14th, maximum for month; also showery on 15th and 16th from W. and S.W.; 17th to 23rd, fine, but at times strong wind from N.W.; night of 23rd rain, and showery to 25th, N.W. wind; remainder of month fine. Prevailing wind for month from N.W., and frequently stormy; hail on 1st. Maximum temperature in shade, 68·9; minimum, 40. Average dew-point, 49·7; degree of moisture, 84. Brilliant meteor observed on 20th to eastward.
R. B. GORE,
Observer.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th November, 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:—
Golden Bar; No. 22, Wairau and Pelorus, 16 acres 1 rood 38 perches, Marlborough District.
Star of the South; No. 23, Wairau and Pelorus, 16 acres 1 rood 38 perches, Marlborough District.
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 applicants