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Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st 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:—

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend William Powell.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1888.

NO. 2891.—ANDREW RYAN, of St. Kilda, Victoria, Clergyman, and WILLIAM EDDINGTON FIELD, of the same place, Analyst, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved method of rendering fire-proof all kinds of houses, buildings, and household furniture.

No. 2892.—ALFRED McMILLAN, of Melbourne, Victoria, Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved knife-cleaner.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th day of October 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 15th day of October 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, 29th March, 1888.

NO. 2888.—ALBERT BERGER, of Auckland, New Zealand, Watchmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for putting out the flame of candles, to be called “Berger’s Automatic Candle-extinguisher.”

No. 2889.—THOMAS WILLIAM KIRK, of Wellington, New Zealand, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in apparatus for manuring or watering plants and shrubs.

No. 2890.—HEINRICH GRIEGER, of Berlin, Prussia, Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in oil-lamps with annular burners.

No. 2893.—GEORGE BROWNLEES the younger, of Penola, South Australia, Blacksmith, THOMAS JOHN BURT, Licensed Victualler, and ROBERT CHARLES MILLER, Chemist, both of Casterton, Victoria, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved contrivance for coupling the shafts or poles to vehicles.

No. 2894.—EDWARD HAMMOND, Blacksmith, and WILLIAM EDWARD ROSE SMITH, Machinist, both of Wellington, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a new or improved apparatus for tilting casks.

No. 2895.—WALTER BROWN, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for dressing and preparing the fibre of the phormium tenax or New Zealand flax and other fibrous plants.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 31st 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 16th 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, 3rd April, 1888.

NO. 2896.—FREDERICK WALTER PATERSON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Boatbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a clothes-rubber, to be known as “The Simplex Washing-rubber.”

No. 2897.—THOMAS JAMES HESKETT and HENRY JOHNSON, both of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for Heskett and Johnson’s Patent Steel-melting Furnace.

No. 2898.—WILLIAM BURNLEY BUST, of Opohe, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improvement in the manufacturing of brushes for painting, shaving, artists, &c., to be known as “Bust’s Patent Brush.”

No. 2899.—EDMUND ALFRED FIELD, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Commission Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for “The Improved Fastener” for baled goods.

No. 2900.—HENRY WILLIAM HOLBROOK CHATFIELD, of Melbourne, Victoria, Master Mariner, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for detecting the distance a ship will pass off a known danger, also for taking cross-bearings.

No. 2901.—ROBERT COCKERELL, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Agricultural Implement-maker, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved lever wave-pendulum for pumping purposes for gold-mining.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 2nd day of August, 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 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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Auction of Runs, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 12th March, 1888.

THE under-mentioned runs will be offered to be let by public auction, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 24th day of April, 1888, at noon:—

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER PART VI. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1885.”

SMALL GRAZING RUNS UNDER PART VII. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1885.”

| Linkwater | Queen Charlotte Sound | 400† | 21 years | 3d. an acre. |
| Orieri .. | Tawhitinui Reach, Pelorus Sound | 880† | 21 ,, | 3d. ,, |
| .. | Ditto .. | 870† | 21 ,, | 3d. ,, |

• Licensee to have boundaries surveyed at his own expense whenever called upon to do so by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. license fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

† Subject to modification of boundaries and areas after survey. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Town Lands, Runs, &c., Westland.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 5th March, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” and “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” the lands enumerated below will be submitted to public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 18th April, 1888, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

SCHEDULE.

Town of Kumara: Sections 325 to 328, 332 to 335, 391 to 393, 396 to 398, 409 to 412, 415 to 418, 429 to 431, 434 to 436 and 54, containing 20 perches each. Upset price of sections, £5.

Sections 394, 395, 432, and 433, containing 30 perches each. Upset price, £7 10s.

Pastoral lands: Run No. 12, Upper Mikonui River, containing 3,000 acres. Upset rental, £6 per annum; term, 5 years.

Run No. 16, Omoeroa River, containing 8,000 acres. Upset rental, £8 per annum; term, 10 years.

Reserve in Totara District: Part of Reserve No. 9, containing 9 acres. Upset annual rental, £2 5s. Valuation for improvements, £30.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.