Sept. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1203

ADDITIONAL REGULATION.

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

Officiating Ministers for 1887.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 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 Officiat-
ing Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are pub-
lished for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend Isaac Jolly.

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend Alfred Ralph Watson.

[The name of "The Reverend Alfred Ralph Watson" is
in substitution for the name "Arthur Ralph Watson," which
appeared in the General List, Gazette No. 5, of the 20th
January.]

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

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1887.

THE Waiohine Lodge of the United Ancient Order of
Druids, Grand Lodge of Australia, situated at Grey-
town, is registered as a friendly society, under "The
Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 12th day of September,
1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a Non-explosive Improved
Long-wick Tube for Kerosene Lamps.
THOMAS HAIN HODGE, of Port Chalmers, Otago, New
Zealand, Master Mariner, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday,
the 1st day of December next, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, 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 16th day of November next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said applica-
tion, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2531.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Wool-
opening Machinery.
JOHN DAVID McKEAN, of Devonport, Auckland, New
Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 1st day
of December 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
16th day of November next, at this office, particulars in
writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise
they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2532.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Electric
Battery, to be called "Vanes's Medical Battery."
ROBERT NEWTON VANES, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,
Medical Electrician, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Thurs-
day, the 1st day of December 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 16th day of November next, at this
office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging
the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2533.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for giving Alarm in Case of
Fire, to be called "Butcher's Automatic Fire-alarm."
EDWARD BUTCHER, of Rangiora, New Zealand, Watch-
maker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 6th day of
December 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 21st day
of November next, at this office, particulars in writing of
their objections to the said application, otherwise they
will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2534.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for the better Growing of
Grapes, to be called "Hale's Patent Ground Vinery."
JOHN HALE, of Nelson, New Zealand, Nursery Gardener,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said inven-
tion; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 6th day of Decem-
ber 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
21st day of November next, at this office, particulars in
writing of their objections to the said application, other-
wise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2535.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Apparatus
for compressing Ensilage.
EDWARD THORNTON BLUNT, of Blaby Hill, near Leicester,
England, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday,
the 6th day of December next, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, 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 21st day of November next, at this
office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging
the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2536.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for McKay's Patent Toasting-
fork.
DANIEL McKAY, of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand,
Tinsmith, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 6th
day of December 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 21st day of November next, at this office, par-
ticulars in writing of their objections to the said application,
otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

No. 2537.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Ensilage Hay-com-
pressor.
HERMAN FINSCH, of Norwood, New Zealand, Carpenter,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 6th day of