APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 497

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Native Brown Coals.

Shag Point to Timaru, 8s. 11d. per ton.

As witness my hand, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

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.

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.

Issue of New Zealand War Medals.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise the issue of New Zealand war medals to the individuals named hereunder, whose claims, after investigation, have been established:—

Captain George Rutt Burton, Taranaki Militia.
Private William Revell, Taranaki Militia.
Private William Noad, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Private Edwin Field, No. 4 Company, Taranaki Military Settlers.
Trooper William Batten, Taranaki Cavalry Volunteers.
Private Charles H. Lovett, Wellington Rifle Ranger Volunteers.

T. W. HISLOP,
(In the absence of the Minister of Defence.)

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 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:—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Stephen Cummings.

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

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1888.

THE Court Kopuaranga, No. 7507, situated at Mauriceville, is registered as a Branch of the Wellington District Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 25th day of April, 1888.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1888.

NO. 2924.—JAMES BARCLAY BLAIKIE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Plasterer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for Blaikie’s Fire- and Water-proof Plaster.

No. 2925.—PERCIVAL EVERITT, of No. 47, Cannon Street, London, England, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in apparatus for receiving payment for and for delivering prepaid goods.

No. 2926.—RUDOLF SJÖBERG, of Stockholm, Sweden, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a new or improved explosive.

No. 2927.—ALFRED FORD, of London, England, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved material applicable as a waterproof covering for roofs and other such like purposes.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 16th 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 1st day of August 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.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1888.

NO. 2928.—EUGÈNE WORMS and JEAN BALÉ, both of 2, Rue du Faubourg, Poissonniere, Paris, France, Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved process and apparatus for tanning by aid of electricity.

No. 2929.—JAMES GEORGE MARTIN, of Castlemilk House, Benjamin Street, Parkville, near Melbourne, Victoria, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved method of and apparatus for binding bundles of cut crops.

No. 2930.—EDWARD WATERS, of No. 75, Chancery Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in methods and means of signalling by electricity (being a communication from the International Electric Company, of Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States of America).

No. 2932.—JOHN LAMB, of Auckland, New Zealand, Miller, has deposited at this office a specification of an improved invention for producing Lamb’s Porridge Meal.

No. 2933.—ALFRED AUGUSTUS NORTH, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Teacher of Voice-production, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for voice-production, to be called “The Jenny Lind Voice-producing Apparatus.”

No. 2935.—WALTER COLE, of Wellington, New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the manufacture of cases for perishable articles.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 21st 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