Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 213

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of J. FROSSARD AND COMPANY, of Payerne, in Switzerland, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:

Description of Trade Mark.

Two crossed fish-hooks, upon which is an oval medallion bearing the Geneva Cross.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that AITKEN, WILSON, AND COMPANY, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Merchants, have applied, on behalf of T. B. HALL AND COMPANY, Liverpool, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:

Description of Trade Mark.

The representation of a boar’s head, and the words “Boar’s Head” brand.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Ales and stout.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Arrangements for First Elections, Town District of Richmond, County of Waimea.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD COWLES

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of seven Commissioners for the Town District of Richmond, as constituted under “The Town Districts Act, 1881;” also to appoint Saturday, the 27th day of March, 1886, to be the time, and the Institute at Richmond to be the place, for holding such first elections; also to appoint Tuesday, the 30th day of March, 1886, at half-past 7 o’clock in the evening, to be the time, and the said Institute to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Commissioners of the said town district shall be held.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Special Order made by Wairau Road Board, County of Hobson, re Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1886.

THE following special order, made by the Wairau Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the special order fixing mode of election of Trustees, made on the 2nd day of April, 1883, be rescinded, and that a special order be made: “That the election of Trustees in future be carried out in accordance with ‘The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876.’”

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was passed at a meeting of the Road Trustees, held on Monday, the 1st February, and that all the conditions relating thereto imposed by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” have been fulfilled.

JAMES HEMPHILL,
Chairman, Wairau Highway District Board.
Maungaturoto, 4th February, 1886.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1886.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

ROXBURGH BRIDGE.—SUPERSTRUCTURE CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Daulby and Millar, Outram .. .. £ 3,340 s. d. 4 8

Declined.

Drimming, J., Alexandra .. .. 3,353 4 6
McCormick, J., Dunedin .. .. 3,550 8 0
Sparrow, R. S., and Co., Dunedin .. .. 3,882 15 6
Campbell and Hornby .. .. 4,080 16 0
McKenzie, H., and Co., Ashburton .. .. 4,227 14 0
Black and Allison, Dunedin .. .. 4,365 16 0
Walker, J., Invercargill .. .. 4,367 7 0

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely:

Port of Invercargill.

The warehouse known as

THE INVERCARGILL BOND,

appointed by Commissioner’s Order No. 166, of the 23rd August, 1882.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(Minister acting for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)

Commissioner’s Order No. 234.]

Notice to Mariners, No. 4 of 1886.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th February, 1886.

THE Thames Harbour Board notify that the wharf at the end of Albert Street, Grahamstown, will be pulled down, and that the light thereon will be discontinued on and after the 1st March next.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Notice to Mariners, No. 5 of 1886.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1886.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, London, the Port Officer of Calcutta, and the Hydrographer to the United States Hydrographic Office, are published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

AUSTRALIA: NORTH-EAST COAST.—ALBANY PASS APPROACH. Non-existence of England Shoal, Extension of Harrington Shoal.

THE following information has been received from Commander Hoskyn, H.M. surveying vessel “Myrmidon,” rela.