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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 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. 2168.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for washing Clothes, called
"The Roller Washing Rack."

JOHN REILLY, of Auckland, New Zealand, Civil Engi-
neer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 29th 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 14th day of
March next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2169.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Screwed Bush for bush-
ing Casks.

ARCHIBALD MORRISON, of New Zealand, Brassfounder,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said in-
vention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 29th 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 14th 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. 2170.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for shampooing and cleaning
the Hair, and removing Scurf, Dandriff, Ringworms,
and all other Cutaneous Disorders incidental to the Scalp, to
be called "Wild's Patent Shampoo Lotion."

ROBERT THOMAS WILD, of Hokitika, Westland, Hair-
dresser, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 31st
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 16th
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. 2171.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Machine for ploughing
and pulverizing Land, and eradicating all Noxious
Weeds, &c., from Soil, and rendering same fit for agricultural
purposes, to be called "Stevenson's Combination Plough."

WILLIAM STEVENSON and JOHN STEVENSON, of Helens-
ville, Kaipara, Auckland, New Zealand, have deposited at this
office a specification of the said invention; and I have
appointed Thursday, the 31st day of March next, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said appli-
cation 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 16th 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. 2172.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for use in connection with
Harness for Horses, to be known as "The Union or
Combined Collar and Hames."

ISAAC BATES, of Cambridge East, Waikato, Auckland,
New Zealand, Saddler and Harness-maker, has deposited at
this office a specification of the said invention; and I have
appointed Thursday, the 31st day of March next, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said ap-
plication 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 16th 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. 2173.

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives for Electoral District of Heathcote.

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 Heathcote became vacant by reason
of the death, on the 17th December instant, of John Lewis
Coster, Esquire, 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 27th day of Decem-
ber, 1886.

G. MAURICE O'ROBKE, KT.,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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,
Halconbe, 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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Auction of Crown Lands, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 21st December, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown
lands will be offered by public auction, at the Survey
Office, Blenheim, at noon on Tuesday, the 1st February, 1887,
viz. :

For Sale for Cash.

Section 1, Block V., Kaituna Valley, Cloudy Bay Survey
District; area, 119 acres and 3 perches. Upset price, £60.
Cost of survey, £12 10s.

In the event of any one but applicant becoming the pur-
chaser, the cost of survey must be paid at auction, to be
handed to applicant.

Pastoral Licenses of Runs, under Part VI. of "The
*Land Act, 1885."

100 acres at East Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound. Upset
annual rent, £3. Term of license, five years.

1,125 acres, Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound.
Upset annual rent, 1d. an acre. Term of license to be from
date of license to the 6th August, 1891.

Temporary Occupation of Reserves for Pastoral Pur-
poses, under Section 25 of "The Public Reserves
*Act, 1881."

Arapawa Survey District, Queen Charlotte Sound, Ara-
pawa Island, 100 acres. Upset annual rent, £1.

Cloudy Bay Survey District, adjoining pilot station, Wai-
rau River, 275 acres. Upset annual rent, £5.

These licenses are determinable on twelve months' notice
without compensation, and, if required, the licensee will be
called upon to have a survey made at his own expense.

Full particulars can be obtained at this office.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.