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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 47

Patea, branch of the New Zealand District of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, on the ground that the said branch has ceased to exist.

EDMUND MASON,

Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Representatives for Electoral District of Dunedin Central.

IN compliance with the provisions of the sixty-first section of "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881," I hereby notify that the seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Dunedin Central became vacant by reason of the death of James Benn Bradshaigh-Bradshaw, late member for the said district, on the 1st September, 1886, and that the said seat is now vacant by reason of such death.

Dated at Auckland, the 7th day of September, 1886.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE, Kt.,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 2nd September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Lamp for burning Tallow.

WILLIAM GEORGE WHITE, of Foxton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, New Zealand, Engine-fitter, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 14th day of December 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 November 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 2nd September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for "The Eureka Butter-package."

ARTHUR MOFFLIN, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 14th day of December 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 November 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 2nd September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Water-heater.

JOHN KNOWLSON, of Lee Street, Carlton, in the Colony of Victoria, Plumber, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of December 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 December 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 2nd September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Heliographic Process for reproducing Drawings, Writings, &c., in Black upon a White Ground.

FELIX RATTE, Mineralogist, and LEON JAUBERT, Engraver, both of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of December 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 December 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 3rd September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Machine for mixing Tea, to be called "The Excelsior Duplex Tea-mixer."

WILLIAM GILBERT, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Tea Merchant, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of December next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all person having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 1st day of December 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 3rd September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Coal-shoot for loading Vessels or other Receptacles, and which reduces the breakage of the coal or other materials to a minimum, at the same time properly trimming the coal or other materials in the vessel's hold by the labour of two men or less.

JAMES BRIMBLE, Jun., of Greymouth, New Zealand, Tinsmith, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of December 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 December 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 4th September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for "The C.C. [Comfort and Convenience] Spring Mattress or Bed," an Improvement on the ordinary Spring Mattress now made, the nature and object being to produce a combined spring mattress and bed, with the comfort and convenience of a spring mattress and hair bed placed on the top of the mattress, and at the price of the ordinary mattress.

WILLIAM HENSHAW, of Napier, New Zealand, Upholsterer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of December 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 December 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,

Wellington, 6th September, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Motion to be applied to Windmills to enable them to do Rotary Work, to be known as "R. Thomas and Son's Patent Rotary Motion to be applied to Windmills."

RICHARD THOMAS and EDWARD THOMAS, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of December 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 December 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.