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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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February 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 before the 1st day of February 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. 2637.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improved Means for Counterbalancing the Haulage Ropes and Cages in Mining and other Shafts.

RICHARD HENRY ARTHUR, of Brock Street, Inglewood, Victoria, Mining Manager, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 16th day of February 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 1st day of February 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. 2638.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for exterminating Rabbits, to be called “Flood’s Patent Rabbit-exterminator.”

ROBERT FAIRCLOTH FLOOD, of Mangawhare, Auckland, New Zealand, Saddler, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 21st day of February 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 February 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. 2639.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for “The New Washing-paste.”

JOSIAH HOULDGATE, of Brighton Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, Manufacturer of Washing-paste, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 21st day of February 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 February 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. 2640.

Goldfields Notices.

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th November, 1887.

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

T. Lee, for the Standard Gold-mining Company, Reefton; Section 145, Block XIV., 18 acres, in the Westland Mining District. No. 1458.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 3rd October, 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:—

James Inglis, for the United Italy Quartz-mining Company, Lyell; Section 87, Block XIII., containing 14 acres and 4 perches, in the Karamea Mining District. No. 1451.

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

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th November, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled:—

Section 3, Block III., 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Wakefield. No. 475c.

Section 4, Block III., 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Wakefield. No. 476c.

Section 20, Block III., 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Wakefield. No. 473c.

Section 22, Block III., 4 acres 1 rood 1 perch, Wakefield. No. 477c.

All in the Otago Mining District.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Native Land Court Notice.

Sitting of the Native Land Court.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 13th October, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land Court will be held at Cambridge, Waikato, on the 2nd day of December, 1887, for the purpose of ascertaining what amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native owners of the land taken under an Order in Council dated the 29th day of April, 1886, for the purpose of making a road in the Districts of Punui, Mangaorongo, and Orahiri; and also for the purpose of ascertaining who are the proper persons entitled to receive such compensation, and what land is affected by the said Order in Council.

SCHEDULE.

Edw. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

Crown Lands Notices.

Runs liable to Forfeiture.—Notice to Occupiers.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 24th October, 1887.

IN pursuance of clause 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby give notice that the runs mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the respective rents, together with the penalty for non-payment at due date, are not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, within three months of the date of this notice.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.