Sept. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1251

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Cure of Distemper in Dogs,
to be entitled "Grierson's Antidote for Distemper in
Dogs."

WILLIAM GRIERSON, of Clifton, Waimate, Canterbury, New
Zealand, Shepherd, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the
15th 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 30th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2553.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Envelopes
and in Note-paper or other Paper, or Cards used or
combined therewith.

JACOB HERTZ, of London, England, Merchant's Agent, has
deposited at this office a specification of the said invention ;
and I have appointed Thursday, the 15th 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 re-
quire all persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 30th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2554.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for straining Wire.

ROBERT CALDWELL, of New Plymouth, New Zealand,
Surveyor, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 15th 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
30th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2555.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Rochfort's Improved
Automatic Flushing-syphon.

JAMES ROCHFORT, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said inven-
tion; and I have appointed Thursday, the 15th 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
30th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2556.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for holding Reels, to be called
"Sanderson's Bobbinette or Reel-holder."

JOSEPH JAMES SANDERSON, of Kingsland, Auckland, New
Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 15th
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 30th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2557.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a New Manurial, Decom-
posing, Resolvent, and Repellant Compound, to be
called "The Horrock's Resolvent."

JOHN CLARE, of Richmond Road, Auckland, New Zea-
land, Analytical Chemist, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of the said invention; and I have appointed Thurs-
day, the 15th 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 30th day of November next, at this office,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said appli-
cation, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the
same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2558.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements for reducing,
by means of Spring Pads, the Friction caused by the
Drawing or Sustaining of any Load or Weight, to be called
"Maxwell's Spring Pads (assorted)."

ALEXANDER MAXWELL, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zea-
land, Saddler, has deposited at this office a specification of
the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 15th
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 30th 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2559.

Te Makarini Scholarships.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable
for two years, are offered for competition. One of
these scholarships is open to all Maoris that have attended a
Native school during the previous year, and are under fifteen
years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of
the examination; the other two scholarships are open to all
Maoris that are under thirteen years of age at the end of the
month preceding the date of the examination, and that have
attended a Native village school for the previous twelve
months. These scholarships are offered for competition to
Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the regulations
of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as
printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886. The examination
will be held at convenient centres on the 19th and 20th
December, 1887.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not
later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be
obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding insti-
tutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secre-
tary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 9th August, 1887.

Goldfields Notice.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 7th September, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned
gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground had
ever been applied for:—

No. 820c. Section 122, Block V., Waitahuna East, 6 acres
3 roods 24 perches; T. Marks, J. Ferris, R. Johnstone, and
Frederic Traves.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Mines.)