Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1439

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Safety Winding Hook.

CHARLES FORD, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th 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 31st 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. 2084.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for drying Grain, “Strang’s Eclipse Hot-air Grain-dryer.”

DAVID STRANG, of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand, Coffee Merchant and Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th 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 31st 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. 2085.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for easily and efficaciously Washing Clothes, called “The Improved Easy Washing-machine.”

HENRY MESSAGE, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Miller, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th 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 31st 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. 2086.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for adjusting the Seats of Whitechapel Carts and Dog-carts, to be called “Barratt’s Patent Seat-adjuster.”

JOHN BARRATT, of Timaru, New Zealand, Coachbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th 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 31st 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. 2087.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Street Lamp Lighter and Extinguisher.

WILLIAM MCAULIFFE, of Caversham, Otago, New Zealand, Gas-works Manager, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th 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 31st 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. 2088.

Goldfields Notices.

Agricultural Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1886.

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

Thomas Towan; Section 45, Block III., 51 acres 1 rood 6 perches, Cromwell, Otago District. No. 1687c.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Mineral (Coal) Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1886.

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

Thomas McNulty and Edward McNulty; Section 25A, Block I., 14 acres 3 roods 11 perches, Cromwell, Otago District.

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 24th day of November, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: George Wise. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Garfield Quartz-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods 5 perches, Section 69, Block XIV., Reefton, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Applicant: William G. Collings. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Empress Gold-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Devil’s Creek, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Applicant: Don Pedro Anderson. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Trebizond Gold-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Waitahu, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

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

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 24th day of November, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: George Wise. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Plutus Gold-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Section 6, Block I., Waitahu, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.