Dec. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1563

Act, and by virtue of the power thereby conferred upon me,
do, by this my Proclamation, summon the Federal Council
of Australasia as constituted by the said Act to meet at the
Parliament Buildings in Hobart, in Tasmania aforesaid, on
Monday, the sixteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, at the
hour of eleven in the forenoon, for the despatch of business.

Given under my hand at Hobart, in Tasmania afore-
said, this sixth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-seven.
R. G. C. HAMILTON.

By His Excellency's command.
G. O. FYSH.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

I T is hereby notified that bonuses under “The Fisheries
Encouragement Act, 1885,” as set forth in the following
sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject
to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations
contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.
JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish
   for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next
   seven years after the passing of this Act, without further
   appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated
   Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish
   for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a
   bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish
   prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter men-
   tioned, that is to say,—
   (1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish
   canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound,
   the weight of the cans not to be included in the
   tonage upon which such bonus is paid ;
   (2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as
   aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per
   pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in
   the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;
   (3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be
   respectively ¾d. and ½d. a pound under similar con-
   ditions, as far as the same are applicable to those
   contained in the two last subsections.
9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant
   bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000
   tons.
10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a
    bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for
    the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the
    registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for
    all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such
    person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this
    Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export
    canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus,
    and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark
    and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and
    canned for export by any such person shall, before exporta-
    tion, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him,
    and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in
    respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

W ITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the
payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and
cured fish for export under regulations published on the
same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on
account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those
regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims
to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to
be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from
which the fish was exported.
JULIUS VOGEL.

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

N OTICE.—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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1887.

P ATENT for an Invention for Expanded Metal and a
Process and Means for producing same (being a com-
munication from abroad by JOHN FRENCH GOLDING, of the
City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, one of the United
States of America, Journalist).
WILLIAM WARD, of No. 59, William Street, Melbourne,
Victoria, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of the said invention; and I have appointed Tues-
day, the 17th day of July 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 2nd day of July 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. 2706.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1887.

P ATENT for an Invention for sinking Holes in the
Earth through Gravel, Sand, Clay, and Soil of all
Kinds, to be known as “McQueen's Patent Prospecting
Machine.”
CHARLES McQUEEN, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,
Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of
the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the
5th day of April 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 March next, at this office, partic-
ulars 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. 2707.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1887.

P ATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Sewing
Machines.”
ARTHUR FRANCIS WILEMAN, of 24, Mount Park Crescent,
Ealing, Middlesex, England, Engineer, has deposited at this
office a specification of the said invention; and I have
appointed Thursday, the 5th day of April 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 March 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. 2708.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1887.

P ATENT for an Invention for Improvements in the
ordinary Beer-siphon, to be called “Lane's Patent
Beer-extractor.”
JAMES LANE, of Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand,
Hotelkeeper, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 5th day
of April 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 21st day of
March 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. 2709.