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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Northcote Road District, County of Waitemata:
Ignatius Massok Gee.
Birkenhead Road District, County of Waitemata:
Charles Edward Button.
Archhill Road District, County of Eden:
John Scullen.
Frank R. Waters.
Manganui Road District, County of Taranaki:
George Algie.
Patangata Road District, County of Patangata:
Charles Clark.
Le Bon's Bay Road District, County of Akaroa:
C. Fredericksen.
Joseph Knight.
James Dalglish.
A. F. Leonardo.
George Crotty.

Officiating Ministers for 1886.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 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 Offi-
ciating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is
published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend J. Millar Smith.

[This name is published in substitution for the name pub-
lished in New Zealand Gazette No. 54, of the 14th October.]
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1886.

THE Loyal National Lodge, No. 6205, situated at Coro-
mandel, is registered as a branch of the Auckland
District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Man-
chester Unity, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 18th day of October, 1886.
EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for "The Lightning Wire-
strainer."
WILLIAM CAMERON and EDWARD KIBBLEWHITE, trading as
"Kibblewhite and Cameron," of Masterton, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, New Zealand, General Blacksmiths,
have deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of
February 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
January 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. 2057.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Fire-
grates.
BENJAMIN COCKSHUTT FRYER, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay,
New Zealand, Assistant Ironmonger, has deposited at this
office a specification of the said invention; and I have ap-
pointed Tuesday, the 1st day of February 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 January 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. 2059.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Apparatus
for straining and splicing Wire Fencing.
HENRY HUGHES, of Johnston Street, Wellington, New
Zealand, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, has de-
posited at this office a specification of the said invention;
and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of February
next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear
the said application and all objections thereto; and I re-
quire all persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 17th day
of January 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. 2060.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for "Grandmother's Salve,"
for curing cancers and other dangerous sores.
MARY RIDER, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Farmer, has
deposited at this office a specification of the said inven-
tion; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of February
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 January
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. 2061.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Economical Candle-
holder, with automatic extinguisher.
WILLIAM HENRY KIDDEY, of Christchurch, New Zealand,
Publican, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 1st day of
February 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 January 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. 2062.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for testing the Soundness of
Eggs.
CORNELIUS FOSTER MAW, of Waitara, Taranaki, New Zea-
land, Manager of Freezing Works, has deposited at this office
a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 25th day of January 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 in-
terest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave,
on or before the 10th day of January next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said applica-
tion, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 2063.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

TWO Scholarships of the yearly value of £35 each, to be
held at the Native College, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, are
offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions
laid down in the Regulations of the Trustees of the Te Maka-
rini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools
Code, 1884. The examination will be held at convenient
centres on the 20th and 21st December, 1886.
Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later
than the 31st October next.
Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be
obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding insti-