Mar. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 367

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 ⅓d. 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.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 8.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1888.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Baptists.

The Reverend James Wright Sawle.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1888.

NO. 2859.—HERBERT TOWNSEND, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Plumber and Tinsmith, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved filtering and automatic-cleansing water-tank.

No. 2860.—JAMES BRUCE, Mining Engineer, and JOHN DRYSDALE, Engine-fitter, both of Timaru, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an automatic pure hot-air grain drying and conditioning apparatus.

No. 2861.—THOMAS EDWARD MCGAURAN, of Adelaide, South Australia, Machinist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improved gate-fittings, to enable drivers to open and close gates without leaving their seats.

No. 2862.—THOMAS BASSETT, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Agricultural Machinery Importer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved twine, especially adapted for reapers and binders, to be called “The Jay Twine.” (A communication from C. H. McCormick, Chicago, United States, America.)

No. 2863.—ROBERT ALCORN, of Ashburton, New Zealand, Merchant, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved treadle-motor, called “The Weaver Foot-motor.” (A communication from F. M. Weaver, of Chicago, United States, America.)

No. 2866.—JOHN HARWARD HOOPER, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, M.D., has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for the extraction of gold and silver from certain ores.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 12th 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 27th 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, 20th March, 1888.

NO. 2864.—HENRY CHRISTIAN LOBNITZ, of Renfrew, North Britain, Engineer and Shipbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in breaking-up, excavating, or removing rocks, boulders, stones, or earth under water or on dry land, and in apparatus therefor.

No. 2865.—WILLIAM MCKENZIE, of North Carlton, Victoria, Manager for New Zealand Stone Company (Limited), has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved automatic high-pressure water-filter, to be entitled “The Niagara Filter.”

No. 2867.—ROBERT SOUTHWELL LAWRENCE, of Philadelphia, United States of America, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in carburetors or apparatus for enriching or producing gas.

No. 2868.—HOMER TAYLOR YARYAN, of Toledo, County Lucas, United States, America, Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in vacuum evaporating and distilling apparatus.

No. 2869.—GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, jun., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in fluid-pressure automatic-brake mechanism.

No. 2870.—ABRAHAM COLLEY, of South Richmond, Victoria, Government Armourer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved cartridge magazine for attachment to certain descriptions of rifles.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 17th 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 2nd day of July 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, 21st March, 1888.

NO. 2871.—JOHN BROWN, of Redfern, near Sydney, New South Wales, Carriage-builder; THOMAS HODGES JONES, of Burwood, near Sydney aforesaid, Clerk; and JOSEPH CARTER OAKMAN, of Sydney aforesaid, Merchant, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved combined railway-buffer and automatic-coupling.

No. 2872.—JOHN EDWARD HAYES, of Wellington, Plumber, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in ball-valves, to be called “The Improved Noiseless Ball-valve.”