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Torpedo Corps, with date of commissions in the first-named force:—

To Permanent Artillery.
Major Forster Yelverton Goring.
Major Walter Edward Gudgeon (unattached).
Major William Bazire Messenger.
Captain Henry Charles Morrison.
Captain Colin McKenzie Taylor.

To Torpedo Corps.
Captain William Tynam Powell.

J. BALLANCE.

Polling-places for Heathcote Electoral District appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to abolish
The Odd Fellows’ Hall, Woolston (principal),
The Government Schoolhouse, Halswell, and
The Schoolhouse, Heathcote Valley,

as polling-places for the Electoral District of Heathcote under “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” and to appoint
The Heathcote Road Board Office, Ferry Road (principal),
The Government Schoolhouse, Halswell,
The Schoolhouse, Heathcote Valley, and
The Woolshed, Cashmere,

to be polling-places for the said electoral district under the said Act.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1887.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Kirikiriroa Road District, County of Waikato:
Benjamin John Maclean.

Castlepoint Road District, County of Wairarapa North:
Henry Richardson Elder, No. 1 Subdivision.
John Cross, No. 2 Subdivision.
Robert Maunsell, No. 3 Subdivision.
Andrew John Chapman, No. 5 Subdivision.

Amuri Road District, County of Amuri:
Thomas Chapman.

Pigeon Bay Road District, County of Akaroa.
James Hay.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1887.

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.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that A. F. DE VEAUX, of Christchurch, in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied, on behalf of WILLIAM THOMAS GRINSTED, of Christchurch aforesaid, Grocer and Tea-dealer, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

The letters G.I.C., applicable as initial letters to his business as Grocery Importing Company, General Importing Company, or Great Importing Company,

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

Tea, groceries, and oilmen’s goods. To be used on boxes, parcels, or other packages containing the said articles, and in any other way required by the applicant.

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

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of BRUNNER, MOND, AND CO., LIMITED, of Northwich, in the County of Chester, England, Chemical Manufacturers, 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 the crescent, with the initial letters of the company placed inside.

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

Bicarbonate of soda, bicarbonate of potash, bleaching-powder, caustic soda, caustic potash, carbonate of sodium, carbonate of potash, and other chemical substances used for manufacturing purposes, for disinfectants, and detergents.

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

Further Notice as to Purchase of Lands in certain Islands in the Western Pacific.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1887.

THE following communication, received from the Acting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Western Pacific.—High Commission.
Government House,
Suva, Fiji, 9th December, 1886.

SIR,—I have the honour to enclose copies of a further notice* with respect to the registration of claims to land in the Western Pacific, which I have caused to be issued after the receipt of a despatch from the Secretary of State. The notice has appeared in the Fiji Gazette of the 26th November. I shall be obliged if your Excellency will cause the notice to be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

I have, &c.,

JOHN B. THURSTON,
Acting High Commissioner.

His Excellency Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G.,
Governor of New Zealand.

• Previous notice published in New Zealand Gazette of the 30th September, 1886, page 1247.

WESTERN PACIFIC.—HIGH COMMISSION.—CLAIMS TO LAND.

BRITISH subjects, desiring to register claims to land purchased in the Western Pacific, may forward for registration a statement of such claim to the Secretary to the High Commissioner, Suva, Fiji.

The statement should set forth the name by which the land claimed is known, together with a description of its boundaries; also the name of the group, island, and place therein in which such land is situated. Whenever possible, the statement should be accompanied by a sketch or plan of the land and locality. Such plan should not be larger than 14in. by 8in.

The registry will only record the particulars of the claim of the party registering; and such registration will not be regarded as the record of a warranted title, under which Her Majesty’s Government guarantee to protect the holder.

A record will be kept of any statement the claimant may desire to make with reference to the title under which he claims.

If desired, copies will be filed in the High Commissioner’s Office of all deeds and documents in support of claims to land, on production of the originals or of copies certified to be correct by one of Her Majesty’s Judicial or Deputy Commissioners for the Western Pacific, or by an officer in command of one of Her Majesty’s ships, or by any British Consular Officer in the Western Pacific.

Search will be made at the instance of any person requesting it, and copies supplied of all entries in the register of claims, as also of the registry of deeds and other documents filed.