JUNE 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 709

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for destroying Rabbits, called “Allen’s Rabbit Exterminator.”

HENRY ALLEN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of August 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 4th day of August 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. 1840.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Fire-extinguishing and other Purposes, to be called “McRedmond’s Patent Hose-reel.”

JOHN McREDMOND, of Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of August 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 4th day of August 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. 1841.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for protecting Door-locks, to be called “Wilkinson’s Patent Lock-protector.”

JOSIAH WILSON WILKINSON, of 39, Madras Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Draper, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 24th day of August 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 9th day of August 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. 1842.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvement in Chaff-cutters.

WILLIAM ANDREWS and ARTHUR WARD BEAVEN, both of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 24th day of August 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 9th day of August 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. 1843.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Process of hardening Balsams, Resins, and Resinous Compounds or Products, Fats, Oils, Tar, Pitch, and Bituminous Products (being a communication by Albert Kissel, of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany).

WALTER SMYTHE BAYSTON, of No. 87, Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 24th day of August 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 9th day of August 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. 1845.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 1st June, 1886.

THE Court Epuni, No. 7314, situated at Petone, is registered as a branch of the Wellington District of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1832,” this 1st day of June, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Goldfields Notices.

Certificate of Protection granted.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1886.

IN accordance with section 3 of “The Mines Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879,” a certificate of protection for twelve months, from the 1st April, 1886, to the 31st March, 1887, is granted in favour of the Golden Fleece United Quartz-mining Company (Limited), for their special claim No. 997, and two gold-mining leases Nos. 1310 and 1319.

H. J. H. ELIOTT,
Under-Secretary for Goldfields.

Application for Gold-mining Lease forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 26th May, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the land described in the undermentioned application for a gold-mining lease is now open to persons holding miners’ rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, the applicant having failed to comply with the provisions of Regulation 19, Part IV., Appendix A, “The Mines Act, 1877,” viz. :

The application of Frederick Ray, for the Wellesley Gold-mining Company, dated the 24th November, 1884, for 16 acres 1 rood 37 perches, Mokihinui, Nelson South-west Mining District.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Native Land Court Notice.

Notice of Time and Place for inspecting Plan after Interlocutory Order.

“NATIVE LAND COURT ACT, 1880.”

Pohokura, District of Taranaki, Provincial District of Taranaki.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1886.

WHEREAS at a Court held at Waitara, on the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and following days, an order was made respecting the aforesaid block of land that certificates of title thereto should be made and issued when a proper survey should be made :

Now, notice is hereby given that the plan of the said land will be deposited for inspection at the Courthouse of the Resident Magistrate, Waitara, on the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

Any person desirous of objecting to the boundaries of the said block as defined by the said plan must leave notice thereof, stating the grounds of objection, with the Clerk of the said Resident Magistrate’s Court at Waitara. Such objections will be heard and determined at a sitting of the Native Land Court, to be held at Waitara on the seventeenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.