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the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage 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 ¼d. and ¼d. a pound under similar conditions, 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 exportation, 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.

WITH 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.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Defence Works at Taiaroa Heads, Otago.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” and “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1887,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of works for the purpose of defence at Taiaroa Heads, Otago, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plans of the said works and of the lands so required to be taken are deposited in the Public Works Office at Dunedin, and are there open for inspection: And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Otago; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14545, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1888.

NO. 2773.—ALFRED BULLOCK, of Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Bookseller and Stationer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for safety gas economizer and hydrocarbonizer.

No. 2774.—PAUL FRITZSCHNER, of Masterton, New Zealand, Woolsorter, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for curing the disease of young sheep, called “Antibreivormex,” to cure worms of all descriptions, such as tape- and lung-worms.

No. 2775.—JOHN STEWART MACARTHUR, of 15, Princes Street, Pollokshields, Renfrew, North Britain, Technical Chemist, ROBERT WARDROP FORREST, M.D., and WILLIAM FORREST, M.B., both of 319, Crown Street, Glasgow, North Britain, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in obtaining gold and silver from ores and other compounds.

No. 2776.—EUGENE LEVAVASSEUR and HENRI WITZENMANN, both of Paris, France, Manufacturers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the manufacture of metallic tubing.

I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th day of May next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said applications 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 April next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said applications, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1888.

NO. 2777.—ROBERT COCKERELL, of Yarrow Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement Maker, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for obtaining gold, to be known as “R. Cockerell’s Patent Rotary Cylinder or Cylinders.”

No. 2778.—THEOPHILUS LE MENANT DES CHESNAIS, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Roman Catholic Priest, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved instrument for copying written matter of any description, diagrams, drawings, plans, maps, music, &c., to be called “The Finograph.”

No. 2779. — WILLIAM THOMAS NUTTALL, of Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Plumber, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved apparatus for killing or for facilitating the capture of rabbits, rats, and other vermin.

No. 2781.—WILLIAM HENRY JAMES RASELL, of Caversham, Otago, New Zealand, Wheelwright, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a combined duplex harrow roller and sower.

No. 2782.—GUSTAF DILLBERG and ANDREW CURTIN GIDDINGS, of Christchurch, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved cuff-holder.

I have appointed Thursday, the 17th day of May next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said applications 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 May next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said applications, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1888.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Method or Process of packing Butter, to be called “Duffill’s Wellington Butter-package.”

JOHN DUFFILL, of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 26th 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 11th day of April 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. 2780.