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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 ¼d. and ⅛d. 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, 1st March, 1888.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Panorama, or Improved Means for displaying a Series of Scenes. ALFRED HAROLD AYRES, of Sydney, New South Wales, Commission Merchant, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 20th day of September 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 5th day of September 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. 2837.

Notice of hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1888.

NO. 2838.—HERBERT PARK, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Civil Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improvement in sluice-boxes for saving gold.

No. 2839.—GIUSEPPE BERNASCONI, of Wellington, New

Zealand, Cabinetmaker, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of an invention for an improved telescope-ladder.

No. 2840.—HENRY FITZPATRICK BETTS, of Reefton, Nel-
son, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for Betts’s quartz-crushing and
pulverising and gold-saving machine.

No. 2841.—WILLIAM HENRY HAMILTON, of White’s Bay,
Marlborough, New Zealand, Telegraphist, has deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for dressing the
phormium tenax, to be called “The Hamilton Simplex Flax-
dressing machine.”

No. 2842.—HALVORD SIGFRID CEDERHOLM, of Christ-
church, Canterbury, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited
at this office a specification of an invention for raising
liquids or solid matters by means of hydraulic power, to be
called “The Avalanche Hydraulic Miner.”

And I have appointed Thursday, the 28th 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 any such
Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 13th day of
June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to any of 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, 7th March, 1888.

NO. 2843.—EDWARD THOMSON, of 90, Webster Street,
Ballarat, Victoria, Contractor, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for improvements in
clipping-machines, to be called “Thomson’s Improved Acme
Clipper.”

No. 2844.—EDWARD THOMSON, of 90, Webster Street,
Ballarat, Victoria, Contractor, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for an improved wiper for
quartz-crushing, to be called “Thomson’s Improved Inter-
changeable Wiper.”

No. 2845.—EDWARD PURSER, of Blenheim, Marlborough,
New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of
an invention for separating rain-water.

No. 2846.—ROBERT DONALDSON, Commission Merchant,
and DAVID ERNEST CARLYLE DONALDSON, Clerk, both of
Ballance Street, Wellington, New Zealand, have deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for use in building
walls, floors, and roofs of houses, stores, and other buildings,
to be called “Donaldson’s Patent Fire-proof Building-slabs.”

No. 2847.—JOHN CHAMBERS, of Auckland, New Zealand,
Merchant, and JAMES NAPIER, of same place, Metallurgical
Chemist, have deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for the separation of antimony, arsenic, gold, and
silver from ores, regulus, and other compounds.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 3rd day of July 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 any such
Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 18th day of June
next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections
to any of the said applications, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Auckland Savings Bank Balance-sheet for 1887.

STATEMENT of the Receipts and Payments of the
Auckland Savings Bank for the Year ending 31st
December, 1887.

RECEIPTS.

Balance, 1st January, 1887
Deposited during the year
Interest added during the year
Interest added, 31st December, 1887
Interest on mortgages and debentures
Interest on deposit with Bank of New Zealand
Interest on deposit with Bank of Australasia
Interest on deposit with National Bank of New Zealand
Interest on deposit with Colonial Bank of New Zealand
Interest on deposit with Union Bank of Australia
Interest on deposit with Bank of New South Wales
Mortgages repaid
Fixed deposits repaid
Sale of old furniture