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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

No. 2965.—ARTHUR WILLIAM McLEOD KEEN, of Melbourne, Victoria, Saddler, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for Keen’s unbreakable and light metallic racing and riding saddle-tree and improved panel.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 6th day of September 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 22nd 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1888.

NO. 2967.—ELIAS GERSON, of 24, George Street West, Sydney, New South Wales, Tanner and Currier, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in compounds for chemical tanning, and in the process of tanning without the use of tan-bark or tannic acid.

No. 2968.—GEORGE YOUNG, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Blacksmith, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a machine for making horse-shoes, to be called “Young’s Patent Horse-shoe Machine.”

No. 2969.—EDWARD THOMSON FIRTH, of 75, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Electrician, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for the Firth electric sodio-potassic amalgam.

No. 2970.—THOMAS JAMES WATERS, of Westport, New Zealand, Civil Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for attaching chain-slings of mine-tubs or hutches to an endless rope while the said rope is in motion.

No. 2971.—JOHN MILES CAMBRIDGE, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand, Chemist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for poisoning the inside or flowery portion of grain with the object of poisoning small birds and vermin.

No. 2972.—WILLIAM HENRY HAMILTON, of White’s Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand, Telegraphist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for shearing sheep, to be called “The Universal Hand Sheep-shearing Machine.”

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 11th day of September 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 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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Notice of Hearing of Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1888.

PATENT for an invention for improvements in telephone apparatus, to be called “The Berliner Transmitter” (being a communication from abroad by EMILE BERLINER, of Boston and Massachusetts, in the United States of America).

SOLOMON DE BEER, of No. 20, Collins Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Merchant, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 18th day of December 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 3rd day of December 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. 2966.

Native Land Court Notice.

Sitting of Native Land Court, Hastings, postponed.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 9th May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that the session of the Native Land Court advertised to be held at Hastings on the 24th day of April, 1888, and postponed to the 15th day of May next, has been further postponed by the Chief Judge to Monday, the 21st day of May, 1888.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, within the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 26th March, 1888.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. 431,089 18 4
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 17,567 8 7
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 5,156 11 3
Government deposits .. .. .. 590,224 14 1
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,490,980 14 10
Bearing interest .. .. .. 2,634,982 6 4
Total average liabilities ..£5,170,001 13 5

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. .. 629,437 13 10
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 39,127 10 10
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 26,003 19 8
Balances due from other Banks .. 3,852 5 1
Landed property .. .. .. 89,411 10 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 1,811,991 3 6
2. Colonial Government securities .. 238,461 10 9
3. Other funded securities .. .. 9,500 0 0
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 6,286,693 18 2
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 210,508 13 4
   Total average assets .. ..£8,844,988 5 2

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 26th March, 1888, £1,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, nil.
Amount of the last dividend declared, nil.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £506,106 8s. 2d.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of April, 1888.

GEORGE E. TOLHURST, Manager, Wellington.
R. B. RIGG, Accountant.

STATEMENT of the amount of the average Liabilities and Assets of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, at the Branches in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1888.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. 106,356 12 2
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 18,889 9 9
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 306 18 11
Government deposits .. .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 612,404 16 10
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,593,911 5 10
Total average liabilities ..£2,331,369 3 6

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. .. 616,683 14 6
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 5,436 19 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 1,860 1 10
Balances due from other Banks .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 115,425 10 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 649,403 5 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,116,235 3 10
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 57,612 8 9
   Total average assets .. ..£2,562,657 3 5

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1888, £1,500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 12 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £90,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £1,079,928 17s. 5d.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of April, 1888.

JOHN H. KERR, Acting Manager.
W. H. TYLEE, Acting Accountant.