JAN. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 7

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Ruta te Wano, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Enoka te Wano, 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 land may be leased by the said Trustee.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate at Otaki, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Pukehou No. 4E, Section No. 3, otherwise called Purehurehu, containing 75 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by Pukehou No. 4E, Section 2, 6000 links; towards the East by Pukehou No. 4F, 2900 links; and towards the South-west by Pukehou No. 4D, 2584 links, 1220 links, and 2375 links.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Irepoama Rakatairi and Erieta Whakia, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Paramena te Oneone and Henare Tomoana, as trustees 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 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.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office;
Wellington, 5th January, 1886.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards, under “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” have been received at this office.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Turanga Road District, County of Manukau:
Ambrose Trust, jun.

Patangata Road District, County of Patangata:
John Merrylees.

Meaneé Road District, County of Hawke’s Bay:
Patrick T. O’Shannassy.
George Heslop.
Addison John Newbould.
Richard Neagle.
John Orr.
George Alexander McDonald.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for August’s Bed-raiser, for the Bottoms of Iron Bedsteads.

HERMAN AUGUST, of Invercargill, in the County of Southland, Upholsterer, 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. 1670.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improved Method of, and Apparatus or Machinery for, cleaning and separating the Pulpy Matters from the Fibres of Leaves and Plants.

JOHN GEORGE STEPHENS, of Brooklyn, in the County of Kings and State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th 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 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. 1671.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Bottle-stoppers.

CHARLES MACKEY TAYLOR, of Lansdown Road, in the County of Essex, England, Wine Merchant, and ANTHONY PERCIVAL TURNER, of 28, Dalston Lane, in the County of Middlesex, England, China and Glass Merchant, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th 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 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. 1672.

“Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” by writing under his hand dated this 31st day of December, 1885, cancelled the registry of the Alexandra Lodge, Auckland District, I.O.O.F., M.U., Register No. 79, held at Alexandra, on the ground that the said society has ceased to exist.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th December, 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:—

Fordham and party; Section No. 47, Block I.; Acreage, 6 acres; St. Bathan’s, Otago District; No. 746c.

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