FEB. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 279

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.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT 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 mentioned, 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 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 ¾d. and ½d. 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.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1888.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Apparatus for obtaining Anhydrous Ammonia from Aqueous Ammonia.

WILLIAM SNOWBALL, of Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 29th day of May 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 14th day of May 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. 2793.

Notice of hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1888.

NO. 2798.—FREDERICK FLAVALL, of Halcombe, Manawatu, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for the more effectual cleaning of grain and seeds.

No. 2799.—DAVID BROWN HUTTON, of 5, Gipsy Lane, Upton Park, in the County of Essex, England, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in and connected with the stuffing-boxes of steam, gas, air, or other engines and machines using same.

No. 2800. — JOSEPH ADOLPH SCHLAADT and HENRY SCHLAADT, of Great King Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, trading under the style of "Schlaadt Brothers" as Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for blind-cords, straps, ropes, chains, and tapes, to be called "Schlaadt's Improved Roller-check Action."

No. 2801. — JOSEPH ADOLPH SCHLAADT and HENRY SCHLAADT, of Great King Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, trading under the style of "Schlaadt Brothers" as Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for blind-cords, straps, ropes, chains, and tapes, to be called "Schlaadt's Improved Eccentric or Tumbler-check Action."

No. 2802.—WILLIAM HASTIE, of Melbourne, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Station Manager, and JOHN TINDALL, of Kai-koura, Hawke's Bay aforesaid, Cattle-spayer, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for destroying lung-worm in sheep, and to be called "Hastie and Tindall's Patent for destroying Lung-worm in Sheep by Fumigation."

No. 2803.—WILLIAM HENRY HAMILTON, of White's Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand, Telegraphist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for dissolving the gum of the Phormium tenax, and enabling all the fibre to be extracted, to be called "The Boiling Process."

And I have appointed Thursday, the 31st 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 16th 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, 20th February, 1888.

NO. 2804.—JOHN LAW KIRKBRIDE, of Marton, Wellington, New Zealand, Newspaper Proprietor, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improvement in furniture casters, called "Kirkbride's Patent Furniture Caster."

No. 2805.—PIERRE FINCH MARTINEAU BURROWS, of Auckland, Architect and Surveyor, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention to be called "The Improved Novelty Folding and Adjusting Ladder," adapted to all the purposes for which step and other ladders are applied.

No. 2806.—RALPH SNEYD SMITH, of Leinster Road, St. Albans, Canterbury, New Zealand, Mechanic, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in connecting relays, to be called "Sneyd Smith's Telephone Relay Connections."

No. 2807.—GEORGE ABRAHAM GOODWIN and WILLIAM FIELD HOW, both of Westminster, Middlesex, England, Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in and in the manufacture of lock-nuts.

No. 2808.—THOMAS BELL, of Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for kerosene soap powder.

No. 2809.—WALTER BOOTH, of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a high-pressure dripstone filter.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 5th day of June 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 21st 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.