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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. 1770.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Reverberatory Furnace and Calcining Ovens for smelting Gold, Silver, and other Metallic Ores, or their constituent parts, to be called “The Russell Fellows Smelting and Calcining Furnace.”

GEORGE RUSSELL FELLOWS, of Onehunga, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Bricklayer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th 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 1st day of June 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. 1771.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Seymour’s Patent Earth-boxes for Closets, Commodes, &c.

FELIX SEYMOUR, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Draughtsman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th 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 1st day of June 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. 1772.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for sifting Cinders, to be called “The Housewife’s Magic Cinder-sifter.”

ESAU FISHER, of the Coffee Palace, Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 17th 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 3rd day of June 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. 1773.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1886.

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 leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
No. 213. John Conrich; Section 213, Ross Township, 20 perches.
No. 196. Michael Moye; Section 196, Ross Township, 33 perches; Section 197, Ross Township, 23 perches.
No. 267. James Lander; Section 267, Ross Township, 22 perches; Sections 320 and 321, Ross Township, 21 perches each.
No. 168. John Foster; Section 168, Ross Township, 20 perches.
No. 236. James Rea; Section 236, Ross Township, 33 perches; Section 237, Ross Township, 31 perches.
No. 489. James B. Armstrong; Section 489, Ross Township, 12 perches.

No. 487. Thomas McGlarry, Section 487, Ross Township, 16 perches; Section 488, Ross Township, 12 perches.
No. 406. James Lander; Sections Nos. 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, Ross Township; 20 perches each.
No. 463. John Mears; Sections 463 and 464, Ross Township, 20 perches each.
No. 465. William Neilson; Sections 465 and 466, Ross Township, 20 perches each.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1886.

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 leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
John Gagliardi and John Kilgour; Cedar Creek; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches.
John Gagliardi and Joseph Grimmond; Cedar Creek; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches.
Leonard Northcroft and Joseph Grimmond; Cedar Creek; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches.
Joseph Grimmond; Cedar Creek; 13 acres 1 rood 26 perches.
John Petrie; Cedar Creek; 16 acres 1 rood 10 perches.
John Rodgers; Cedar Creek; 16 acres 2 roods 24 perches.
Patrick Moran and Patrick Sweeney; Cedar Creek; 14 acres 2 roods 9 perches.
John Rodgers and others; Cedar Creek; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches.
Francis Carley; Cedar Creek; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches.
Marco Dunini; Cedar Creek; 15 acres 2 roods.
Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Gold-mining Leases 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 leases of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Lyell on or before the 5th day of July, 1886.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Lyell.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Sheppard J. Reeves. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Zealandia Gold-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Owen River, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Applicant: Edward Carroll. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Lyell Gold-mining Company. 15 acres 3 roods, at Owen River, in the Nelson South-west Mining District (formerly held by the Natal Company).

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-mining Leases 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 leases of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Waikaia on or before the 19th day of April, 1886.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Waikaia.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James Graham and others. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Graham and Co. 10 acres, at Nokomai, in the Switzer’s Mining District.