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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

New Zealand Institute.
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Colonial Museum,
Wellington, 20th December, 1886.

THE following gentlemen have been elected Governors of
the various incorporated societies for the year 1887, in
conformity with clause 7 of “The New Zealand Institute
Act, 1867:”—

JAMES MCKERROW, Esq., F.R.A.S.
F. B. HUTCHINSON, Esq., M.R.C.S.
THOMAS KIRK, Esq., F.L.S.

JAMES HECTOR,
Manager.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.
—
General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1886.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money
Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at
LINCOLN (Chief Office, Christchurch),
from the 3rd proximo.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Tenders.—New Zealand Postal Telegraphs.
—
General Post Office,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th December, 1886.

THE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to receive
tenders for the supply and delivery of 1,000 twenty-
five (25) feet and 100 thirty-five (35) feet telegraph poles.
Specifications and particulars can be seen, and further
particulars obtained, at the Telegraph Offices, Wellington,
Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Palmerston North, Feilding,
Halcombe, Foxton, and Wanganui.
Tenders, addressed “The Superintendent, New Zealand
Posts and Telegraphs, Wellington,” and indorsed “Tender
for Telegraph Poles,” to be sent in not later than the 10th
January next.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for washing Clothing, Linen,
and Textile Fabrics.
JOHN GILL, of No. 121, Kilmore Street, Joiner and Cabinet-
maker, and SAMUEL JOSEPH PICKERING, of No. 130, Con-
ference Street, Fitter, both of Christchurch, New Zealand,
have deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 24th 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 9th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2160.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for cutting Gorse Fences, to
be called “The Oliver Gorse-cutter.”
JAMES WALTER OLIVER, of Greenstreet, in the County of
Ashburton, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 24th 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 9th day of March next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said appli-
cation, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2161.

Application for a Patent.
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Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Porous
Earthenwares.
CHARLES CARROLL GILMAN, of Eldora, Iowa, United States
of America, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday,
the 24th 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 op-
posing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or
before the 9th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2158.

Government Observatory.
—
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of November, 1886. Altitude above the sea,
140 feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

REMARKS.—Weather generally fine, but very strong wind
from N.W. prevailed, frequently reaching strong gales;
showers at intervals during the month. The maximum
rainfall recorded on 22nd, 1·60in. Maximum temperature in
shade, 69·3°; minimum, 39°. Mean temperature of dew-
point, 50·3°. Mean humidity, 83°. Earthquakes felt on 10th
at 5 a.m., E. and W., slight; 14th, two slight shocks; 26th,
at about 1 a.m., very smart, and at about 3 p.m., E. and W.,
slight.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Native Land Court Notices.
—
Sitting of the Native Land Court for the Subdivision of
Hereditaments.
—
Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court,
to be held at Kaiapoi, in the District of Canterbury,
on the 24th day of December next, will be heard the ap-
plications of the persons whose names appear in the first
column for the subdivision of the hereditaments comprised
in the Crown grants of the pieces of land the names of
which appear in the second column, situate in the districts
named in the third column.

By order.

ELWIN B. DICKSON,
Acting Registrar.