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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 ½d. and ¼d. 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.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1888.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

AWAPURUA FORMATION AND PROTECTIVE WORKS CONTRACT,
WELLINGTON—WOODVILLE RAILWAY.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Alexander Peebles, Woodville .. .. 3,936 12 0

Declined.
J. C. Alexander, Wanganui.. .. 4,182 7 0
Cranby and Prebble, Port Ahuriri .. 4,358 5 11
D. Scally, Wanganui .. .. 4,582 6 11
D. Younger and A. Laing, Feilding .. 4,793 17 0
P. Scally, Woodville .. .. 4,797 2 6
A. McFarlane, Wanganui .. .. 4,856 13 0
Bryant and Worsnop, Waipawa .. 5,030 0 0
W. G. Bassett, Wanganui .. .. 5,494 0 0

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 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 names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Reverend William Roper, M.A.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Martin Jacques.

Baptists.
The Reverend Thomas Wagstaff.

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

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1888.

NO. 3012.—WILLIAM HEBER BRIGHTWELL, of Okaiawa, Taranaki, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a butter-mould.

No. 3013.—CHARLES TAYLOR, RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, and GEORGE SHARPE, all of No. 30, King Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Importers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a new composition for destroying weeds, scrub, and other vegetable growths, and for destroying insects and preserving timber from their attacks.

No. 3014.—CARL ALBERT FALSTEDT, of Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved safety explosive-compound (the same having been communicated to him from abroad by Carl Lamm, of Stockholm, Sweden).

No. 3015.—FAIRLIE HAROLD TRONSON, of Wellington, New Zealand, Draughtsman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in stamps for marking on hard substances such as wood or iron, to be called “The Silhouette Stamp.”

No. 3016.—JABEZ HAY, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for regulating the depth at which draining-ploughs will work from the surface of the ground, and to be called “Hay’s Patent Coulter.”

No. 3017.—JABEZ HAY, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for automatically lifting drain-ploughs out of the ground and forming a sledge for moving same where required, to be called “Hay’s Patent Self-acting Drain-plough Lifting Levers.”

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 9th 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 24th 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, 2nd June, 1888.

NO. 3018.—GEORGE SMAILL, of Inch-Clutha, in the County of Bruce, Otago, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved strainer for wire fencing, to be known as “The Gem Wire-strainer.”

No. 3019.—JOHN STEVENSON, of Henley, Otago, New Zealand, Farmer, and CHARLES SANDERS WRIGHT, of 162, George Street, Dunedin, Otago, aforesaid, Engineer, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in sheep-branding and such-like machines.

No. 3020.—CHARLES SANDERS WRIGHT, Engineer, JOHN CHRISTIE, Plumber, and THOMAS REID CHRISTIE, Plumber, all of 162, George Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in flexible pulleys, spring wheels, &c.

No. 3021.—CLEMENT KIND, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Die-sinker, and HENRY SELWOOD AUSTIN, of Christchurch, aforesaid, Solicitor, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for making hooks from all kinds of sheet metals in a cheaper and speedier manner than hitherto in use, to be called “The C.K. Hooks.”

No. 3022.—HENRY CORRICK, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Bootmaker, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a time-table, to be called “The Ready Time-table.”

No. 3023.—ROBERT BURTON, of Masterton, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved elevator, to be called “Burton’s Eclipse Attached Folding Elevator.”

And I have appointed Thursday, the 11th 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 26th 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.