Dec. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1515

the interests aforesaid, in order that the said land may be leased by the said trustees.

Dated at Wellington, this eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 10,908 acres, more or less, situate near Napier, in the District of Ahuriri, and called or known as the Petane Block, and numbered 24N; saving and excepting thereout a reserve of 600 acres or thereabouts, situate at Nukurangi.

*Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

WHEREAS* the estate and interest of Niheta Timoti and Hami Timoti, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Timoti Puketutu, as trustee under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said trustees for a term of twenty-one years.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land situated in the District of Kaipara, containing 119 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being known by the name of Rarapuka No. 2. Bounded towards the East by a line, 1480 links; towards the South-east by the Kaituna Block, 5482 links; towards the South-west by lines, 1893 links and 483 links; and towards the North-west by the Pahunuhunu Block, 25 links, 2423 links, and 4500 links.

Tenders.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1885.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful tenders are published for general information.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Education.)

PAPAWAI NATIVE SCHOOL.

Accepted.

H. J. Stevens, Carterton .. .. .. 320 0 0

Declined.

Trotman and Humphries, Greytown .. .. 419 0 0
E. Gray, Greytown .. .. .. 454 0 0

KARETU NATIVE SCHOOL.

Accepted.

Thomas Moore, Taumarere .. .. .. 377 15 0

Declined.

Nicholson and Graham, Kawakawa .. .. 435 0 0
J. J. Prior, Russell .. .. .. 435 15 0
L. Vickers, Whangaroa .. .. .. 450 0 0
W. Cook, Waimate .. .. .. 468 0 0
G. T. Witt, Auckland .. .. .. 496 0 0

Commissions in the Royal Engineers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

INFORMATION has been received by His Excellency the Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Secretary of State for War offers commissions in the Royal Engineers to graduates of the Australian and Zealand Universities who were not more than twenty-two years of age on the 1st July, 1885, are of good height and build, and medically fit. Not more than one from each colony will be selected.

Graduates of the University of New Zealand who may be desirous of availing themselves of this offer are requested to make application by sending in their names to the Secretary for Education, Wellington, accompanied by—

1. A statutory declaration of age on 1st July, 1885;
2. A statement of the degree taken in the University;
3. A statement of height and chest-measurement;
4. A medical certificate of health;
5. A certificate of moral character.
   No application can be received after the 31st December next.

ROBERT STOUT.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Hydraulic Propeller.

GEORGE GOODLET, of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 23rd 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 8th 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. 1664.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th December, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Apparatus for working and locking Railway Points and Signals.

HENRY OAKDEN FISHER, of Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain, Civil Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 23rd 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 8th 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. 1665.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for fastening Barbed Wire, termed "The Barbarian."

FREDERICK LOWNSBOROUGH, of Waitara, in the County of Taranaki, Fencing Contractor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 23rd 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 8th 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. 1666.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for making Brooms, to be called "The Union Broom."

THOMAS JEFFCOATE HARBUTT, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Corn-broom Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 25th 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 10th 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. 1667.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for a Combined Safety Well-cover, Water-raiser with Self-tipping Bucket, and Water-tank.