Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 261

No. 2787.—WALTER WALKER, of 5, Exchange Station, Liverpool, England, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved method of automatic electric signalling for railways, and apparatus therefor.

No. 2788.—JOHN HENRY RICHARDSON DINSMORE, of the City of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, England, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the manufacture of illuminating gas and apparatus therefor.

No. 2789.—JOSEPH ENOCH WREN, of No. 15, Bond Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the manufacture of illuminating gas for domestic and other purposes.

I have appointed Tuesday, the 22nd 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 7th 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.

Notice of hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1888.

NO. 2790.—STEPHEN MANNINGTON CAFFYN, of Black Street, Middle Brighton, near Melbourne, Victoria, Surgeon, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved liquid extract of meat compound.

No. 2791.—ROBERT STANLEY, of Marrickville, near Sydney, New South Wales, Gentleman, and HORATIO WRAGGE and NOEL BRODHURST HILL, both of 19, Hunter Street, Sydney, aforesaid, Importers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved compound specially suitable as a substitute for chicory.

I have appointed Thursday, the 20th day of September 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 5th day of September 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, 13th February, 1888.

NO. 2792.—WILLIAM SNOWBALL, of Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved apparatus for reducing the temperature of meat or other articles, and for regulating the temperature of same.

No. 2793.—WILLIAM SNOWBALL, of Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved apparatus for obtaining an hydrous ammonia from agneous ammonia.

No. 2794. JOHN DANIEL ARNABOLDI, of Cambridge East, Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for use in connection with wire-fencing, to be called “The Cambridge Wire-strainer.”

No. 2795.—ANDREW McSHAIN, of Saddle Hill, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved combination dredge for gold-mining and other minerals.

No. 2796.—JOHN INGLIS WRIGHT, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Stationer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for the protection of bank notes from forgery.

No. 2797.—PETER REID, of Auckland, New Zealand, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a raft, to be called “Reid’s Patent Safety Raft.”

I have appointed Tuesday, the 29th 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 14th 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.

Te Makarini Scholarships.—Supplementary Examination.

TWO scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable until the end of 1889, are offered for competition. These scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination, and that have attended a Native village school for the previous twelve months. These scholarships are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 19th and 20th March, 1888.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 25th February next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary to the Education Department.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 28th January, 1888.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th January, 1888.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be sold by auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 28th February, 1888, at noon:—

RURAL LANDS.

Section 92, Block V., Tuapeka East District, about 19 acres. Upset price, £2 per acre. Survey fees, £3 3s. Part of coal reserve, unsurveyed, about two miles from Lawrence.

TOWNSHIPS.

Sections in the Townships of Glenorchy, Georgetown, Waikouaiti, and Waipahi. Upset price, £30 per acre.

SUBURBAN.

Sections 4 to 12, Block XI., Town of Kelso, from 1 to 2 roods each; upset price, £4 per acre. Also sections in Moeraki; upset price, £10 per acre.

SMALL GRAZING RUNS.

Sections 21 and 22, Block III; Section 2, Block V.; Sections 2 and 3, Block XI., Gimmerburn District; five runs, from 1,476 to 3,149 acres each.

Section 1, Block IV., Highlay District, grouped with Sections 1 and 2, Block IV., Rock and Pillar District; 4,697 acres; improvements, £299 2s. Section 3, Block IV.; Sections 1 and 2, Block V.; Section 1, Block VI.; Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, Block VII.; Section 1, Block VIII., Highlay District; 760 to 5,000 acres each. Sections 10, 11, and 12, Block XII., Rock and Pillar District; Section 1, Block XIII., Swinburn District; from 2,480 to 4,980 acres each.

Kuriwao District.

No. 1: Sections 1 to 5, 8 to 10, Block VII.; improvements, £193. No. 2: Sections 5A, 6, 7, 11, Block VII., and Section 2, Block XII. No. 3: Sections 1, 7, and 8, Block VIII. No. 4: Section 9, Block VIII. No. 5: Sections 10 and 11, Block VIII. No. 6: Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII, and Section 1, Block IX. No. 7: Sections 5 and 6, Block VIII. No. 8: Sections 12 and 13, Block VIII. No. 9: Section 1, Block XI. No. 10: Section 1, Block X. No. 11: Sections 9 to 11, Block IX. No. 12: Sections 6 to 8, Block IX. No. 13: Sections 2 and 3, Block IX. No. 14: Sections 4 and 5, Block IX. Subdivisions of Run No. 90, Clutha River Trust, from 580 to 2,432 acres each. Also Sections 13, 14, 15, and 17, Block IX., and Sections 18 to 22, Block IX., 523 and 1,315 acres respectively.

Sections 1, 2, and 3 (grouped), Block VII., 925 acres; Sections 5 to 8 (grouped), Block XI., 939 acres; Teviot District. Run No. 214, about 3,750 acres; Run No. 214B, about 3,500 acres; Nokomai District.

NOTE.—Upset rental, 6d. per acre; term, 21 years. Purchasers must deposit on sale the required statutory declaration, and pay the first half-year’s rent, and lease and registration-fee. Valuation for improvements payable within fourteen days after purchase.

PASTORAL LICENSES.

Run No. 23A, about 8,800 acres, Kurow District; 10 years; upset rental, £100 per annum.

Run No. 23B, about 10,618 acres, Kurow District; 10 years; upset rental, £180 per annum.