and that the transaction was bonâ fide, and that a fair value
or rent was given or reserved, may give his certificate to that
effect to the person alleging himself to be such purchaser or
lessee, who shall transmit the same to the Commissioner.
Section 25. Upon the grant of such certificate the person
therein named,--
(a.) If a purchaser, shall be the owner of the share of his
vendor in the land the subject of such purchase, and
shall be entitled to have partitioned to him in severalty
such part of the land as the Court may deem just;
(b.) Or he may within one month after the date of the
certificate give notice to the Commissioner that he is
desirous of purchasing the shares or interests which he
has not already acquired, and in such case he may, on
obtaining a certificate from a Judge that such Judge
is satisfied that he had, before the first day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, obtained
the signature of one or more owner or owners to a
writing purporting or agreeing to convey the share or
interest of the persons signing, at any time within
twelve months from the said first day of July, but not
afterwards, purchase all or any of such shares or
interests.
If all such outstanding shares or interests are not pur-
chased, he shall be entitled to have partitioned to him
such part of the land as the Court may deem just;
(c.) If a lessee, shall be entitled to have the share of his
lessors in the land comprised in his lease ascertained,
and partition made thereof to such lessors, and shall
be entitled to hold his lease subject to the terms
thereof until its expiry;
(d.) Or he may, within one month after the date of the
certificate, give notice to the Commissioner that he is
desirous of obtaining a lease of all or some of the
owners who have not already granted him a lease, and
in such case he may, on obtaining a certificate from a
Judge that such Judge is satisfied that he had, before
the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six, obtained the signature of one or more
owner or owners to a writing purporting to be or agree-
ing to grant a lease of the land or of the share or
interest of the person signing, at any time within
twelve months from the first day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-six, but not afterwards,
obtain a lease of all or any of such shares or interests
for the same term as he holds the shares or interests
acquired before the coming into operation of this Act.
If a lease of all such outstanding shares or interests is
not acquired within the said twelve months, he shall
be entitled to have the shares of his then lessors
ascertained and partition made thereof, and shall be
entitled to hold his lease subject to the terms thereof
until its expiry; and
It shall be a duty of the Court to effect such partitions as
aforesaid, the purchaser or lessee in whose interest it is made
paying all Court fees and the charges for survey in respect of
the land the subject of such purchase or lease.
T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for propelling Boats or Vessels,
and entitled "Muret's Patent Oar."
MAX MURET, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Professor, has
deposited at this office a specification of the said invention;
and I have appointed Tuesday, the 22nd day of March 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 7th 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.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.
No. 2149.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Sheep-shearing
Machine.
DAVID HUTCHESON, of No. 37, Little Bourke Street West,
Melbourne, Victoria, Machinist, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 29th day of September 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 September next, at this

office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging
the same.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.
No. 2150.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Apparatus
for supporting and working Vertically-mounted Centri-
fugal Machines, such as Cream-separators, Emulsors, &c.,
by Hand-power.
CARL GUSTAF PATRIK DE LAVAL, M.A., of 14, Ålandsgatan,
Stockholm, Sweden, Engineer, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 22nd day of March 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 7th day of March next, at this office, parti-
culars in writing of their objections to the said application,
otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.
No. 2151.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in the
Manufacture of Boxes and other Articles of Card-
board, Wood, Leather, and the like, in Clamps or Fittings
for the Corners and Edges of same, and in Apparatus con-
nected therewith.
TEODOR REMUS, of 8, Postamt, Dresden, Saxony, Ger-
many, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 22nd
day of March 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 7th
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.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.
No. 2152.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Process for producing
Lithographic or Zincographic Copies of Photographic
or other Designs.
MARY WALKER and GEORGE EDWARD WALKER, trading
as "SAMPSON, BRIDGWOOD, AND SON," of Anchor Pottery,
Earthenware Manufacturers, and JEAN BAPTISTE GERMEUIL
BONNAUD, Photographer, all of Longton, in the County of
Stafford, England, have deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday,
the 22nd day of March 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 7th day of March next, at this office, particulars
in writing of their objections to the said application, other-
wise they will be precluded from urging the same.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.
No. 2153.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Pocket
Lock-stitch Sewing Machines (being a communication
from the Inventor, SAUL ISAAC, Chairman of the Moldacot
Pocket Sewing Machine Company, Limited, and of the Mol-
dacot-Colonial and Foreign-Pocket Sewing Machine Com-
pany, Limited, of London, England).
WALTER SMYTHE BAYSTON, of No. 87, Bourke Street West,
Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this
office a specification of the said invention; and I have ap-
pointed Tuesday, the 22nd day of March 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 7th day of March 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. 2154.