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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Officiating Ministers for 1887.—Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 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 names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend John Dunlop, M.A., D.D.

Lutheran Church.
The Reverend Christopher Gaustad.

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

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1887.

In the matter of the will of Martha Rowe, late of Fairlie Creek, Timaru, 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, 25th June, 1887.

In the matter of the will of David Lyall, late of Queenstown, 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.

“Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” by writing under his hand dated this 27th day of June, 1887, cancelled the registry of the Southland Benevolent Institute, Benevolent Society (Register No. 163), held at Invercargill, on the ground that the said society has ceased to exist.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Locked and Curved Furnace-mountings.

HENRY ELY SHACKLOCK, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Ironfounder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 8th day of September 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 24th day of August 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. 2388.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for pressing Chaff into Sacks, or for any other purpose that requires tamping or pressing, to be called “The Jubilee Chaff-presser.”

THOMAS PRYDE ADAMSON, of East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 8th day of September 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 24th day of August 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. 2389.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for cutting Chaff, to be called “The Improved Chaff-cutter Knife.”

WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON, of Kirwee, Canterbury, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 8th day of September 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 24th day of August 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. 2390.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for preventing Chimneys from Smoking, and Promoting Ventilation, to be called “Stinnear’s Smoke- and Ventilating-cone.”

JOHN STEWART STINNEAR, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Plumber, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 8th day of September 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 24th day of August 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. 2391.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Explosives, and in the Use of Explosives, especially in Shells and Torpedoes.

ALFRED NOBEL, of 53, Avenue Malakoff, Paris, France, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 8th day of September 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 24th day of August 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. 2392.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Mortising Machines for Timber.

CHARLES VALENTINE MCJENKINS, of Wellington, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 13th day of September 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 29th day of August 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. 2393.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Automatic Catch for holding open Doors, Windows, Gates, and the like.

JOHN CALLANDER, Engineer, and ROBERT THOMAS BARLOW, Insurance Agent, both of Sandhurst, Victoria, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have