APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 453

Wales, Solicitor, has applied, on behalf of GEORGE THOMAS CONGREVE, of Coombe Lodge, Peckham, in the County of Surrey, England, Medicine Vendor, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz. :

Description of Trade Mark.

The words “Congreve’s Balsamic Elixir.”

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

A medicine for human use.

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

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that ALFRED DE LISSA, of 313, George Street, Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Solicitor, has applied, on behalf of BUCHANAN AND COMPANY, of 20, Bucklersbury, in the City of London, England, and of Leith and Glasgow, Scotland, Wine and Spirit Merchants, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz. :

Description of Trade Mark.

A label comprising a shield bearing the representation of a lion, and wording, “The Buchanan Blend, Finest selected old Scotch whisky, as supplied to the House of Commons,” with signature “James Buchanan & Co,” and words, “Sole Proprietors, Glasgow, Leith, and London.”

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

Whiskey.

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

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that C. F. MAW, of Kaikoura, in the Colony of New Zealand, Preserver of Fish, Game, and Meats, has applied to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz. :

Description of Trade Mark.

A shield with the American flag at the left side thereof and the Royal Standard of England at the right; above the shield is the word “Imperial,” and below it the word “Brand.”

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

Preserved fish.

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

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that SAMUEL CARROLL, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied, on behalf of Messrs. LEONARD AND ELLIS, of New York, in the United States of America, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz. :

Description of Trade Mark.

The mark consists of the word “Valvoline” appearing across a crescent. The letters of the word are graduated in size, being smallest in the centre of the word at “O,” and increasing in size in each direction from the centre, and they are shaped as if formed between two curved lines, arcs of circles, which approach each other most nearly at the centre of the word and diverge towards the ends. The letters are block letters, and the proportions are such that the first and last letters “V” and “E” are approximately twice the height of the centre letter “O.” The crescent is somewhat full-shaped, and is shown in outline appearing above and below the letters of the word “Valvoline.” The spaces above and below the word are filled with dots, but where the word passes across it the dots and the outline of the crescent are omitted. The five centre letters “LVOLI” appear approximately on the face of the crescent, and the two letters at the beginning and end of the word respectively are beyond the crescent.

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

Lubricating oils.

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

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1830,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Notice to Mariners, No. 6 of 1887.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st April, 1887.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is published for general information.

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

Fog Signals, Cliffy Island Lighthouse.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners dated the 8th June, 1886, masters of vessels and others are informed that, on and after Monday, the 14th February instant, and until further notice, a gun will be fired every five minutes during thick or foggy weather from the Cliffy Island Lighthouse Station, in lieu of sound rockets as hitherto.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 11th February, 1887.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under “The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885,” as set forth in the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

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 mentioned, 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 tonnage 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 ½d. and ¼d. a pound under similar conditions, 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,