Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1533

DISCLAIMER AND ALTERATION.

PATENT for Holmes Patent Collision Apron, for the Immediate Stoppage of a Break or Aperture in any Part of the Outside of a Ship's Hull. No. 2092.

This is to notify, to all whom it may concern, that JAMES HOLMES, of Auckland, but formerly of Waitara, Taranaki, Shipbuilder, the Patentee, has applied to me for leave to enter a disclaimer of part, and a memorandum of alteration, of the said invention, the particulars whereof are stated below. I do therefore appoint Thursday, the 16th day of February next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to hear and consider the said application and all objections to the same; and I do hereby require all persons having an interest in opposing the said application to leave, on or before the 1st day of February, at my office, in Wellington, particulars in writing of their objections to the same, otherwise they will be precluded from urging such objections.

Given under my hand, this 13th day of December, 1887.
C. J. A. HASFELDEN,
Patent Officer.

The following is the disclaimer and memorandum of alterations which I desire to make in respect to my Holmes Patent Collision Apron. Letters Patent No. 2092.

In order to make the title, description, and claim more specific,—

I disclaim so much of the invention and the plans and specifications thereof as relates to grippers, and to the method of fastening the aprons together by lacing.

I desire to make the alterations hereinafter specified, and also shown by the amended drawings filed at the Patent Office, that is to say,—

1. To alter the title by inserting the words "Accident and" immediately before the word "Collision."

2. To alter paragraph 1 of the specifications by adding at the end the words "or any other accident."

3. To alter paragraph 2 by adding after the word "Canvas" the following words: "or any other suitable flexible material, stitched or otherwise fastened together in a corrugated form; the corrugations to enclose scantlings, battens, or other suitable material; and, in cases where the apron is required to be applied to the lower part of the vessel, iron clamps are fastened to the battens, scantlings, or other material used, so as to clip over the keel.

4. By inserting, "That the method of working the invention is as follows:—
   "Drop the bite of the two chains over the stern; this is done by cutting the rope-stops, which causes the chains to fall under the keel near midships; and the four ends of the chains are carried either fore or aft, according to the position of the leak; the two ends of the chains on the side where the leak is to be bent or hooked on to the two chains fixed on apron at its lower end; the upper ends of the apron-chains are to be fastened, temporarily, on deck; the guys or stays are bent or hooked on and the ends fixed, temporarily, fore and aft; the apron, which is in the form of a roll, can then be lowered or thrown overboard, and the suction caused by the leak will greatly tend to place the apron in the required position over the leak; the vertical chains can now be definitely made to regulate the apron as regards height and depth, and the guys or stays are now in a position to definitely regulate the position fore and aft."

5. By inserting, "That the claim is as follows: The combination as relatively arranged, and the method of construction (especially the corrugated form of the apron), substantially as herein described, with any necessary variations as to form and dimensions; and the method of applying, regulating, and fixing the same."

JAMES HOLMES,
By his Solicitor, HENRY HALL.
719

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Manawatu County Council, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1882," and the amendments thereof, propose to take the land necessary for the construction of a road running through Sections No. 138, known as Pakapakatea Native Reserve No. 137, and Native Reserve No. 134, all of which sections are set out on the plan of the Township of Sandon, and are particularly described in the accompanying Schedule.

All persons having any objection to the work are required to state such objections in writing, and send the same to the office of the Manawatu County Council at Sanson, on or before the 31st day of January, 1888.

E. G. COX,
County Clerk.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Provincial District of Wellington and Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement 15 acres 3 roods 19½ perches, more or

less, situate in the Township of Sandon, in the County of Manawatu, and being a proposed road-line commencing at a point on the western side of the main road leading from Bull's to Sanson, 400 links, more or less, from the Government block near the north-eastern corner of Section No. 138, known as Pakapakatea, in the occupation of Mr. James Bull, and running through the said Section No. 138 in a south-westerly direction across a road-line, which is proposed to be closed, to Native Reserve No. 137; thence in a south-westerly direction through a portion of the said Native Reserve No. 137, in the occupation of Mr. T. Richardson; thence in a south-westerly direction through another portion of the said reserve, in the occupation of Mr. H. Fraser, across a road-line, which is proposed to be closed, to Section No. 134; thence in a south-westerly direction through the said Section No. 134, in the occupation of Mr. H. Fraser, to a district road at a point 1440·8 links distant from the Government block, in the said district road, at the junction of the said Section No. 134 and the Matahiwi Native Reserve: and which said proposed road has an average width throughout its whole length of 100 links: be all the aforesaid link-ages more or less; as the same is particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Wellington.

A copy of the plan may be seen at the office of the Manawatu County Council, in Sanson.

Dated this 13th day of December, 1887.
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CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS—
Members of Land Board . . . . 1520
Postmasters . . . . 1526

LAND—
Education Reserve may be sold . . 1516
Sales, &c. . . . . 1524
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Boroughs to be included in Beer-duty Districts . 1521
Boundaries of Borough extended . . 1517
Boundaries of River District altered . . 1517
Colonial Laboratory Fees . . . 1523
County Council to exercise Powers of Harbour Board 1518
Erratum . . . . . 1515
Members of New Institute elected . . 1523
Notice under "The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882" . . . . 1521
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Officiating Ministers . . . . 1523
Patents . . . . . 1523
Population of the Colony . . . 1532
Post Offices opened and closed . . 1526
Railway Traffic Returns . . . 1527
Salmon and Trout Regulations . . 1519
Tenders for West Coast Steam Service . . 1523
Trade Union registered . . . 1523

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS . . . . 1532

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