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Officiating Ministers for 1886.—Notice No. 8.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1886.

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:—

Church of Christ.
Mr. Robert Laing.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an improved Process of treating certain Descriptions of Auriferous and Argentiferous Material, for the purpose of facilitating the Separation of the Metals contained therein.

ELIZABETH BARNSTON PARNELL, of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 25th day of May 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 May 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. 1745.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Price-ticket, to be called “Corrick’s Patent Window Mirror-ticket.”

HENRY CORRICK, of Christchurch, in the Colony of New Zealand, Bootmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 25th day of May 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 May 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. 1746.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Attachment to Threshing-machines, for dispensing with a Man as Feeder, and called “Robb and Maddock’s Rotary Self-feeder.”

JOHN ROBB, Blacksmith, and RICHARD MADDOCK, Threshing-machine Proprietor, both of Doyleston, Canterbury, in the Colony of New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 27th day of May 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 12th day of May 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. 1748.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Apparatus for securing Sliding Sashes.

JOHN HENRY FOX, of Oakleigh, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, Captain in the Royal Engineers, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 27th day of May 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 12th day of May 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. 1749.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvement connected with Wheels, to be called “Clegg’s Improved Tension Nave.”

JAMES CLEGG, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Perambulator Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 27th day of May 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 12th day of May 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. 1750.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for “Kelly’s Patent Scoria-flux for Gold, Silver, or other Minerals.”

ANDREW KELLY, of Customs Street West, Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 27th day of May 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 12th day of May 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. 1751.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an improved Axle for Road Vehicles, to be styled “Basten’s Safety Combination Axle and Axlecap.”

WALTER EDWARD BASTEN, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Coachbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of June 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 May 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. 1752.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an improved method in the construction of Carriage Wheels, to be styled “Basten’s Patent Metallic Tension Wheels.”

WALTER EDWARD BASTEN, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Coachbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of June 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 May 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. 1753.