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appointed Tuesday, the 31st day of May 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 May next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said applica-
tion, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2252.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Gum Spear,
to be called "Smith's Patent Gum Spear."

JOHN SMITH, of Kyber Pass, Auckland, New Zealand, has
deposited at this office a specification of the said invention;
and I have appointed Tuesday, the 31st day of May 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 May
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. 2253.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Means for
creating an Even and Regular Draught through the
Tubes or Flues of Steam Boilers.

MARIE AUGUSTIN DESPRES, of Barkly Street, St. Kilda,
Victoria, Sugar Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 1st day of December 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 November 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. 2254.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in the Con-
struction of Spring Mattresses.

ARCHIBALD MCFARLAND, of No. 2, Hotham Street, East
Melbourne, Victoria, Gentleman, has deposited at this office
a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 31st day of May next, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, 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 May next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said applica-
tion, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2255.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvement in Rock-
drills (being a communication from abroad by HENRY
CLARK SERGEANT, of New York, in the United States of
America, Engineer).

HENRY SHAW SMITH, a Member of the Firm of H. P.
GREGORY AND COMPANY, of Sydney, New South Wales,
Machinery Merchants, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 31st day of May 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 May next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said appli-
cation, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2256.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for the Better and More Effi-
cacious Distribution of Poisoned Grain or other Poison
for the Destruction of Birds.

BARTHOLOMEW HUGHES, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Ac-
countant, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 31st day
of May 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 May 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. 2257.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Mechanical Circus Riders'
Trainer.

DANIEL JOHN FITZGERALD, of Christchurch, New Zea-
land, Circus Proprietor, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday,
the 2nd day of June next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
at this office, to hear the said application and all objec-
tions thereto; and I require all persons having an interest
in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or
before the 18th day of May 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. 2258.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in the
Manufacture and Production of a new Washing-ma-
chine, to be called and known as "Vine's Turbine Steam-
washer."

HENRY GRAFTON VINE, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,
Salesman, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 2nd day
of June 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 18th day
of May 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. 2260.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for filtering Water, to be called
"Roberts's Patent Automatic Filter."

ROBERT JONES ROBERTS, of Victoria Arcade, Auckland,
New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Thursday, the 2nd day of June next, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, 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 18th day of May next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said appli-
cation, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2261.

*Rule under "The Supreme Court Act, 1882."

WE, three of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us
by "The Supreme Court Act, 1882," do hereby make the
following rule respecting the times for holding sittings of
the Supreme Court in the several judicial districts:—