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the said invention ; and I have appointed Thursday, the 3rd 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 19th 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. 2066.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Flexible Braces.

HENRY WHEELER, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention ; and I have appointed Thursday, the 3rd 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 19th 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. 2067.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Duplex Sifting Apparatus.

RICHARD O'DONOVAN, of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention ; and I have appointed Thursday, the 3rd 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 19th 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. 2068.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for the New Enamelled Colorograph.

JOHN BRADLEY, of Christchurch, Canterbury, Photographer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention ; and I have appointed Thursday, the 3rd 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 19th 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. 2069.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1886.

THE Court Kihikihi, situated at Kihikihi, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District, Ancient Order of Foresters, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 21st day of October, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1886.

THE Star of Oamaru Lodge, No. 13, situated at Oamaru, is registered as a branch of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 21st day of October, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Northern Judicial District.

WE, three of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by "The Supreme Court Act, 1882," hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court in the Northern Judicial District in the year 1887:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the Supreme Courthouse, Auckland, to commence on the following day, at 11 a.m. :—

Monday, 10th January.

Sittings for the trial of civil actions will be held at the Supreme Courthouse, Auckland, to commence on the following day, at 10 a.m. :—

Monday, 17th January.

Given under our hands, this twenty-second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON.
C. W. RICHMOND.

Member of the House of Representatives for Dunedin Central elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1886.

THE Deputy of the Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued by him on the 23rd September, 1886, for the election of a Member to serve in the House of Representatives for the electoral district hereinafter specified, and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that the under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member for such district :—

For the District of Dunedin Central.
THOMAS BRACKEN.

HUGH POLLEN,
Deputy of the Clerk of the Writs.

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

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 Waitemata became vacant by reason of the death of William John Hurst, Esq., late member for the said district, and that the said seat is now vacant by reason of such death.

Dated at Mount Smart, Penrose, the 25th day of October, 1886.

G. MAURICE O'ROBKE, KT.,
Speaker.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for :—

Robert Johnson ; Section 97, Block XI, Skipper's Creek, Otago Mining District; 9 acres 3 roods 13 perches. No. 851c.

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 Reefton on or before the 3rd day of November, 1886.

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