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Castlepoint Road District, County of Wairarapa North:
Subdivision No. 2—James Spinks Langdon.
Te Horo Road District, County of Horowhenua:
Benjamin Sing.
William Henry Simcox.

Rotorua County Council Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1887.

NOTICE has been received at this office that the under-mentioned persons have been duly elected Members of the Rotorua County Council:—

For the North Riding:
Stephen Thomas Brent.
Benjamin F. J. Edwards.
John Henry Taylor.

For the South Riding
William Kelly.
William Seddon.
Joseph McRae.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Tenders for Supply of Boxes and Baskets.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1887.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of the 7th day of May, 1887, for the manufacture in the colony of boxes and baskets to be used in connection with parcels-post business. Samples of the boxes required, and specification and general conditions, may be seen at the Chief Post Offices at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Invercargill, Hokitika, Greymouth, Oamaru, Timaru, Wellington, and Wanganui.

Samples of baskets required, and specification for the same, can be seen at the Chief Post Office, Wellington, from the 24th to the 31st March, 1887; at Nelson, from the 2nd to the 7th April, 1887; at Auckland, from the 11th to the 18th April, 1887; at Christchurch, from the 23rd to the 30th April, 1887; at Dunedin, from the 1st to the 7th May, 1887.

Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, General Post Office, Wellington, and marked “Tender for Parcels-post Boxes and Baskets.”

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1887.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1887.

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 Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Andrew Ryan.

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

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1887.

In the matter of the will of John Finlayson, of Gisborne, 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 the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1887.

In the matter of the will of Alfred Wakeford, of Wellington, 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 the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Postage on Hansard for Places outside the Colony.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1887.

NEW Zealand Parliamentary Debates may now be forwarded by post to places outside the colony at a postage rate of one penny for each number.

By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for a Patent

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Method of suspending Window-sashes and Railway-carriage Windows and Blinds.

JAMES SEED, Rope Manufacturer, and HENRY ABEL FLATMAN, Engineer, both of Southbrook, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 7th day of July 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 22nd day of June 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. 2304.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a Steam Washing-machine.

SAMUEL HARDLEY, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Gas-fitter, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 7th day of July 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 22nd day of June 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. 2305.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for applying a Circulating Chamber and Steam Chest combined to Straight Tubular Boilers, to be called “Gibbons’s Circulating Chamber and Combined Steam Chest for Straight Tubular Boilers.”

ROBERT PEARCE GIBBONS, of Paeroa, Ohinemuri, New Zealand, Saw-mill Contractor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 7th day of July 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 22nd day of June 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. 2306.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for ventilating and deodorizing Sewer-shafts, Closet-traps, &c., and destroying Sewer-gas, to be called “Tudehope’s Patent Deodorizing Ventilator.”

ROBERT TUDEHOPE, of Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Plumber, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 7th day of July 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 22nd day of June 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. 2307.