MAY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 619

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned promotions and appointments :—

East Taieri Rifle Volunteers.
Walter Charles Frederick Cairncross to be Captain. Date of commission, 14th October, 1887.

Marlborough Hussars Cavalry Volunteers.
The Reverend Thomas Samuel Grace to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 2nd May, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer :—

Hamilton Light Infantry Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Coombes. Date of resignation, 1st May 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Engineer of Colonial Defences resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officer as Lieutenant-Colonel of the New Zealand Militia, Staff Officer of Artillery, and Engineer of Colonial Defences :—

EDMOND MEYER TUDOR BODDAM.

Date of resignation, 25th April, 1888.

THOS. FERGUS.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons :—

T. W. HISLOP.

Application (amended) for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK EARL, of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, Solicitor, has applied, on behalf of WILLIAM SHERA, of Auckland aforesaid, Commission Agent, as Agent for the Colony of New Zealand of the Great Tower Street Tea Company, Limited, whose registered office is at No. 3, Jewry Street, London, England, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description :—

Description of Trade Mark.
Engraving of the Tower of London, with the word “Strength” printed across same in Egyptian capitals, and flag flying from roof, with the letters “WL & Co.” printed thereon in like capitals, circular line round the engraving and outer circular double line, making a margin or border, within which is printed the words “The Great Tower St. Tea Company, Limited, London,” in Egyptian capitals.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Tea.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Patent Agent, has applied, on behalf of JULIUS WITTKOWSKI, of Melbourne aforesaid, Tobacco Merchant, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description :—

Description of Trade Mark.
An oblong label bearing the representation of an ingot of gold, upon which are the figures and words “24 Carat Gold Tobacco—Purest of the Pure—Cannot be excelled in the world ;” the whole being enclosed by an oblong border.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Tobacco.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that SAMUEL CARROLL, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Agent, has applied, on behalf of Messrs. WARD AND PAYNE, of Sheffield, England, Edge-tool Manufacturers, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description :—

Description of Trade Mark.
The words “The Conqueror.”

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Cutlery and edge-tools.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. TURNER AND COMPANY, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Chemists, have applied to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description :—

Description of Trade Mark.
The word “Curem.” To be used on wrappers of any colour. When made up, the packages upon which these wrappers are used will be triangular in shape.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Patent medicines.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Special Order made by Taradale Town District Board, County of Hawke’s Bay.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1888.

THE following special order, made by the Taradale Town Board, is published for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT it be a special order of this Board that a special rate of one-farthing in the pound be levied on all rateable property in the Taradale Town District, as security for the proposed loan of £600 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.” Such rate to be for twenty-six years, from the 1st July, 1888, and to be an annually-recurring rate, and that the said rate shall be payable yearly in advance ; such payment to commence on the 1st day of July, 1889.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made on the 31st March, 1888, and confirmed at a subsequent special meeting held on the 3rd May, 1888, in manner required by law.

WM. B. HILL,
Clerk, Taradale Town Board.