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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 exporta-
tion, 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.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1888.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1889, the period of litera-
ture will be the age of Queen Anne, and the special books
will be Shakespeare's Henry IV. and Henry V., and Lamb's
Essays of Elia.

GEO. FISHER.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1888.

NO. 2993.—JAMES MACALISTER, of Invercargill, New
Zealand, Engineer, and JAMES HUGH WALKER, of
the same place, Carpenter, have deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for fastening window-sashes,
and for raising or lowering same by means of spiral springs,
to be called "Macalister and Walker's Burglar-proof Sash
Side Fastener and Sash-elevator."

No. 2994.—DUNCAN WILLIAM McARTHUR, of Hokitika,
Westland, New Zealand, Civil Engineer, has deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for the retrograde
tail-race for saving gold.

No. 2995.—SAMUEL STUART, of Kaikohe, Bay of Islands,
New Zealand, Photographer, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for cleaning and polishing all
kinds of plate, jewellery, trinkets, electroplated goods, bur-
nished steel, nickel silver, polished brass or copper, picture
frames, and every description of polished metallic surface,
the said invention to be entitled "The Electric Plate-polish."

No. 2996.—JAMES HOWARD, FREDERICK HOWARD, JAMES
HAROLD HOWARD, and JOHN HOWARD HOWARD, carrying
on business at the Britannia Ironworks, Bedford, England,
under the style or firm of "James and Frederick Howard," as
Agricultural-implement Makers, have deposited at this office
a specification of an invention for Howards' patent re-
versible sectional ploughshare.

No. 2998.—GEORGE JOHNSTON, of Cobden, Greymouth,
New Zealand, Architect, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of an invention for a washing-machine, to be entitled
"The Jubilee Washer: Johnston's Improved Patent."

No. 2999.—CHARLES JOSEPH COOZE, of Cumberland Street,
Dunedin, New Zealand, Carriage-trimmer, and DANIEL
MITCHELL BARNETT, of Albany Street, Dunedin aforesaid,
French Polisher, have deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for a shield clothes-rack.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 27th 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 12th day of Sep-
tember 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, 28th May, 1888.

NO. 3000.—JOHN MITCHELL, of Auckland, New Zealand,
Architect, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for the acme corrugated batten.

No. 3001.—JAMES ALEXANDER POND, of Auckland, New
Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for applying an impermeable material to surfaces
for preservative purposes.

No. 3002.—GEORGE LAWRENCE, of Dunedin, New Zealand,
Builder, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for minimising the labour and the implements
used for clothes-drying purposes, called "The Sheave
Spreader Clothes-prop."

No. 3003.—WILLIAM HASTIE, of Milbourne, Hawke's Bay,
New Zealand, Station Manager, and JOHN TINDALL, of
Kaikora, Hawke's Bay aforesaid, Cattle-spayer, have de-
posited at this office a specification of an invention for
the cure of asthma, and to be called "Hastie and Tindall's
Patent Cure for Asthma."

No. 3004.—CHARLES THOMAS PATTIE, of Riwaka, Nelson,
New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of an invention for dispersing the various kinds of
fluids for destroying blights, codlin moth, and all manner of
insect pests, designated "The New Zealand Eureka Mist
Nozzle."

No. 3005.—HAROLD BERRY, of Melbourne, Victoria, Insur-
ance Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for improvements in dry-earth and other closets.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 2nd 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 17th day of
September 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, 30th May, 1888.

NO. 3006.—RODERICK NICHOLSON MONTGOMERY, of
Salisbury Buildings, Bourke Street West, Melbourne,
Victoria, Produce Merchant, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for improvements in the con-
struction of billiard-scoring boards.

No. 3007.—THOMAS MILLEAR, of Edgarley, Wickliffe Road,
Victoria, Landowner, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of an invention for an improved method of and apparatus
for holding sheep while they are being shorn.

No. 3008.—HATSELL KING, of Carlton, near Melbourne,
Victoria, Importer, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for improvements in cricket and lawn-tennis
bats.

No. 3009.—ALWIN HUGO EUSEBIUS FISCHER, of North
Adelaide, South Australia, Plumber, has deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for an improved water-
heater for baths and for other purposes.

No. 3010.—WILLIAM HENRY HOSKING, of Masterton, New
Zealand, Surgeon, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for Hosking's compressed-air spraying
machine, which will facilitate and save labour and expense in
spraying trees, plants, apartments, &c., with a fine and con-
tinuous spray of water, or liquid insecticides or fungicides,
&c., and as an irrigator for wounds in surgery.

No. 3011.—MAXIME EMANUEL JAMES LABAT DE LAMBERT,
of 84, Newton Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Gentleman
has deposited in this office a specification of an invention for
improvements in explosive compounds, called "Neokratine."

And I have appointed Thursday, the 4th 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 19th day of
September 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.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 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 Official-