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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish
   for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next
   seven years after the passing of this Act, without further
   appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated
   Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish
   for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a
   bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish
   prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter men-
   tioned, that is to say,–

(1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish
canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound,
the weight of the cans not to be included in the
tonage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as
aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per
pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in
the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be
respectively ¼d. and ⅛d. a pound under similar con-
ditions, as far as the same are applicable to those
contained in the two last subsections.

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant
   bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000
   tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a
    bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for
    the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the
    registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for
    all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such
    person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this
    Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export
    canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus,
    and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark ;
    and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and
    canned for export by any such person shall, before exporta-
    tion, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him,
    and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in
    respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Road Board Election.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1886.

THE following notice of the election of a Member of the
Parihaka Road Board has been received at this office.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Parihaka Road District, County of Taranaki :
Michael Carroll.

Councillor, Mokau Riding, Clifton County, elected.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1886.

NOTICE has been received from the Returning Officer
for the County of Clifton that

THOMAS BAYLY

has been duly elected a Member of the Clifton County
Council for the Mokau Riding.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1886.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1886.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
“The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Offi-
ciating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is
published for general information :–

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend John Beckenham.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1886.

In the matter of the will of Charles McAdam, of Widder-
burn, Otago, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of “The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” and that probate of the
said will has been granted to the Public Trustee, the
Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for the St. Helier’s Gold-saving
Process.

ARTHUR WEMYSS HORSBRUGH, of Auckland, New Zealand,
Settler, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention ; and I have appointed Thursday, the 22nd day
of April 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 April 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. 1707.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Method of
clipping Horses or other Animals, or Preparation of
Skins, &c., to be called “The Universal Clipper or Cutter.”

JOHN HOWARD DALTON, Tailor, and RICHARD MORGAN,
Civil Engineer, both of Auckland, New Zealand, have de-
posited at this office a specification of the said invention ;
and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th day of April 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 April
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. 1708.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Reeve’s Improved Guide
Hose-coupling.

ROBERT ELDRED MARTIN REEVE, of Rangiora, Canterbury,
Carpenter, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention ; and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th
day of April 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 April 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. 1709.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease 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 a lease of
Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicant
specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections against such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged
with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, on or
before the 19th day of February, 1886.

Copy of the application made and plans annexed may be
seen at the Commissioner of Crown Land’s Office, Christ-
church.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Charles Watson Martin, Christchurch. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business: The
Phoenix. 16 acres 2 roods, south-west of and in continuation
of Lease 26, Davie District, Wilberforce Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)