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liam Deering, of Chicago, United States, Agricultural Implement Maker).

ORREN SIMEON ELLITHORP, of Melbourne, Victoria, Traveling Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 29th 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 14th 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. 1692.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Mowers (a communication from William Deering, of Chicago, United States, Agricultural Implement Maker).

ORREN SIMEON ELLITHORP, of Melbourne, Victoria, Traveling Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 29th 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 14th 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. 1693.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Knot-tyer for Attachment to Reapers and Binders (a communication from William Deering, of Chicago, United States, Agricultural Implement Maker).

ORREN SIMEON ELLITHORP, of Melbourne, Victoria, Traveling Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 29th 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 14th 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. 1694.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Stalker’s Sheaf Elevator.

JOHN STALKER, of Tinwald, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 13th day of April 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 29th 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. 1695.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for preserving Fresh Cowbutter, under the name of “R. F. Löffler’s Preserved Fresh Cow-butter.”

ROBERT FERDINAND LÖFFLER, of Hamburg, Germany, Musician, at present residing at Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 15th day of April 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 31st 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. 1696.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Lady’s and Gentleman’s Waist Belt, to be called “Gager’s Improved Flannel Belt.”

THOMAS GAGER, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Tailor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 15th day of April 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 31st 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. 1697.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease 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 a lease of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands on or before the 19th day of February, 1886.

Copy of the application made and plans annexed may be seen at the Land Office at Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

NAME and address in full of Applicant: Robert West England, Christchurch. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Gloucester Gold-mining Company. Extent of land applied for: 16 acres 2 roods. Minimum number of men to be employed by the lessee: (1) For the first six months, two men; (2) subsequently, when in full work, six men. Amount of capital proposed to be invested: £10,000. Proposed mode of working the land: Quartz-mining. Precise locality: Wilberforce, Davie District. Term for which lease required: Twelve months. Time of commencing operations: 31st January, 1886.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

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

Gold-mining Lease 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 a lease of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands on or before the 19th day of February, 1886.

Copy of the application made and plans annexed may be seen at the Land Office at Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

NAME and address of Applicant: William Guffie, Christchurch. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Clifton Gold-mining Company. Extent of land applied for: 16 acres 2 roods. Minimum number of men to be employed by the lessee: (1) For the first six months, two men; (2) subsequently, when in full work, six men. Amount of capital proposed to be invested: £10,000. Proposed mode of working the land: Quartz-mining. Precise locality: Wilberforce, Davie District. Term for which lease required: Twelve months. Time of commencing operations: 31st January, 1886.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

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