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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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.

Application to proclaim the Teremakau and Arahura Rivers
and their Tributaries a Watercourse for the Deposit of
Tailings.

NOTICE.—In pursuance of the powers vested in him by
section one hundred and fifty-four of "The Mining
Act, 1886," His Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that application has been made to him to proclaim
the watercourses known as the Teremakau and Arahura
Rivers, in the Provincial District of Westland, and their
tributaries, to be watercourses into which tailings, mining
débris, and waste water of every kind used in, upon, or dis-
charged from any claim or licensed holding adjacent to such
watercourses shall be suffered to flow or be discharged.
Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of October, 1887.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1887.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to au-
thorise
The PRIVATE SECRETARY to the MINISTER of EDUCATION
to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public
service.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Postmaster-General.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1887.
IT is hereby notified for general information that a
Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at
OMARU (Chief Office, Auckland),
from the 8th proximo.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1887.
IT is hereby notified for general information that the
designation of the post office in the Dunedin Postal
District, known as Blueskin, will, from the 1st proximo,
be changed to
WAITATI.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1887.
In the matter of the will of Adam Landels, late of Balclutha,
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.

Officiating Ministers for 1887.—Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 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 entitled
"The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Officiat-
ing Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are pub-
lished for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend Alexander Campbell Yorke.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Reverend William Woollas.
The Reverend George Clement.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

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Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1887.
THE Good Intent Lodge, No. 193, of the United Ancient
Order of Druids, situated at Mosgiel, is registered as a
friendly society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 30th day of November, 1887.
EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1887.
PATENT for an Invention for an Iron Post-stay.
GEORGE MILES, of Alexandra, Auckland, New Zealand,
Blacksmith, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 28th 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 13th
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. 2656.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1887.
PATENT for an Invention for a Self-acting Till-lock.
THOMAS HAIN HODGE, of Port Chalmers, Otago, New
Zealand, Master Mariner, has deposited at this office a
specification of the said invention; and I have appointed
Tuesday, the 28th 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 13th 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. 2657.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1887.
PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Circular Wool-
washing Machine.
WILLIAM JOSEPH ROEBUCK, of Blackstone Hill, Otago,
New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday,
the 28th 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 13th day of February 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. 2658.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1887.
PATENT for an Invention for Marley's Patent Oven.
GEORGE MARLEY, of Springfield, Canterbury, New
Zealand, Blacksmith, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday,
the 1st day of March 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 15th day of February next, at this office, parti-
culars 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. 2659.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1887.
PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Catches
or Latches for Gates.
GEORGE MAIDEN, of Sydney, New South Wales, Stock and
Station Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of