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from this source within three years from such registration will be required.

4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being desirous of obtaining a reward, shall immediately forward a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an application for reward.

5. No prospecting is allowed upon Native land without the approval in writing of the Native Minister, or of some one appointed by him in that behalf.

Prospectors going upon Native land without the consent of the owners are liable to the penalties imposed by the Acts relating to goldfields, and will forfeit all claim to reward.

Additional Regulation as to Payment of Rewards for Discovery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recommended by the Goldfields Committee on the 22nd June, 1886, having been adopted by the Government, is published for general information.

This regulation applies to the notifications published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th March and 29th October, 1885, offering rewards for gold discoveries.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

ADDITIONAL REGULATION.

No claim for a reward for the discovery of gold will be considered by the Goldfields Committee unless such claim be made within one year from the date of the discovery.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Machinery suitable for Well-sinking and other Purposes.

ADA FRANCES COLE, of Karanui Road, Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Machinist, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 19th 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 4th day of July 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. 2320.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for crushing Quartz and other Minerals, known as “The Jubilee Direct-action High-pressure and Condensing Stamper Battery.”

JAMES BARRIE, of Ingham Road, near Townsville, Queensland, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 21st 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 6th day of July 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. 2321.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Machine for breaking, cleaning, and scutching Flax and similar Fibres.

JOHN ORR WALLACE, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, Ireland, Corn-broker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 21st 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 6th day of July 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. 2322.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for turning over Pages of Music-books, &c., to be called “Messenger’s Patent Presto Music-turner.”

JOSEPH ARTHUR MESSENGER, of Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Artisan, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 21st 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 6th day of July 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. 2323.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Flooring, to be called “The Patent Elastic Flooring,” for Playgrounds and other Purposes.

JOHN THOMAS KNIGHT and GEORGE FOWLER, of Auckland, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 21st 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 6th day of July 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. 2324.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for straining Wire.

REGINALD BAYLEY, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Draftsman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 26th 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 11th day of July 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. 2325.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Smoking, to be called “The Jubilee Patent Safety Pipe or Cigar-holder,” which condenses and retains in a small glass tube the poisonous fumes of tobacco.

WALTER GREENSHIELDS, of Auckland, New Zealand, Bracist, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 26th 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 11th day of July 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. 2326.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a Blast Furnace and other Novelties specially adapted for the smelting of Titani