JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 711

No. 44. “An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this present Session.”

Local Acts.

No. 4. “An Act to amend ‘The Gisborne High School Act, 1885.’”

No. 5. “An Act to provide for the Control and Management of a certain Recreation and Racecourse Reserve in the Town of New Plymouth.”

No. 6. “An Act to authorise the New Plymouth Harbour Board and the Borough of New Plymouth to take Portions of certain Reserves for a New Street, and to authorise the New Plymouth Harbour Board to transfer certain other Portions vested in them to the Borough of New Plymouth.”

No. 7. “An Act to amend the Description of the Boundaries of a certain Reserve known as ‘Ahuriri Lagoon Block,’ the Property of the Napier Harbour Board, and to give Power to the Napier Harbour Board to carry out certain Works and Improvements upon a Portion of the said Reserve and the Te Whare-o-maraenui Block, and to give Borrowing Powers for carrying out such Works.”

No. 8. “An Act to vest certain Reserves in the Akaroa Borough Council; and also to authorise the Reclamation from the Sea by the said Council of certain Portions of such Reserves in the Harbour of Akaroa.”

No. 9. “An Act to provide for the Maintenance of Railway Fences on the Lands of Richard Hammond, which were taken under ‘The Public Works Act, 1882.’”

No. 10. “An Act to transfer to the Hospital Board of the North Canterbury Hospital District the Buildings used for the Purposes of the Christchurch Hospital, and the Grounds thereof or connected therewith.”

No. 11. “An Act to authorise the Sale of certain Drainage Reserves in the City of Christchurch, and to authorise the Carrying-out of certain proposed Exchanges of Land by the Christchurch Drainage Board.”

No. 12. “An Act to amend ‘The Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1875.’”

No. 13. “An Act to authorise the Oamaru Harbour Board to raise Money by way of Loan not exceeding Forty Thousand Pounds.”

No. 14. “An Act to amend ‘The Otago Harbour Board Act, 1883.’”

No. 15. “An Act to appropriate a Portion of the Town Belt of Invercargill to and for the Purposes of Waterworks.”

No. 16. “An Act to authorise the Governor to appoint a Member of the Board of the Hospital District of Picton to represent the Sounds County thereon.”

No. 17. “An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Management of the Wellington College and Girls’ High School.”

No. 18. “An Act to empower the County Council of Wairarapa North to sell certain Portions of the Main Road Reserve in the Settlement of Eketauna.”

No. 19. “An Act to amend ‘The Gisborne Harbour Act, 1884.’”

No. 20. “An Act to constitute the Tamaki West Licensing District, and to validate all things irregularly done therein under ‘The Licensing Act, 1881.’”

No. 21. “An Act to authorise the Constitution of Pukekohe as a Borough.”

Private Acts.

No. 2. “An Act to enable the Phoenix Assurance Company of London to sue and be sued in the Name of the Company, and for other Purposes connected therewith.”

No. 3. “An Act to extend the Powers of leasing Reserve No. 8, in the City of Christchurch, vested in the Church Property Trustees of the Diocese of Christchurch by ‘The Church Property Trust Amendment Ordinance, Session XI., No. 6,’ of the late Superintendent and Provincial Council of Canterbury.”

No. 4. “An Act to adapt and assimilate the Trusts of Wesleyan Methodist Church Properties to the present Constitution of such Church in New Zealand, and for other Collateral Purposes.”

I observe that the Naval Defences Act (No. 39) differs from the Acts passed by the Legislatures of the other colonies in connection with the same subject, in the insertion of the word “European” before “population” (section 4). I assume that the same limitation is practically intended by the other Australasian Legislatures.

I have, &c.,

Knutsford.

Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, K.C.M.G.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manchester Road District, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1888.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Manchester Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

T. W. HISLOP.

RESULT OF POLL, No. 5 SUBDIVISION, MANCHESTER ROAD DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of the poll taken on the 18th June, 1888, on proposals to borrow £4,000 for road-making in No. 5 Subdivision, and half cost of making the Bunnythorpe-Feilding Road and traffic bridge at Aorangi, over Oroua River.

Ratepayers on the roll, 115; representing 148 votes. Votes recorded for the proposals, 60; number of ratepayers voting, 44.

As the number of ratepayers voting for the proposals and the number of votes recorded are less than the half, I hereby declare the proposals rejected.

CHARLES BULL,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that WATSON BROTHERS AND COMPANY, of Maclaggan Street, Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand, General Printers and Stationers, have applied, on behalf of JAMES RUNCIMAN, of Green Island, in the aforesaid colony, Miller, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A representation of a sun surrounded by rays, across the sun is a band or label upon which are the words “not to be eclipsed;” below the sun are the words “Snowdrift Flour.” Applicant claims the right to use this trade mark in any colour or colours, and also to use the words “Snowdrift Flour” either with or without the rest of the mark, and also to use the sun-rays and band with or without the words “Snowdrift Flour.”

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

Flour and oatmeal.

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

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th June, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of WILLIAM TEACHER AND SONS, of 14, St. Enoch Square, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Spirits, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A label with the words “Perfection of old Whisky, Teacher’s Highland Cream” at the top, and in the centre a monogram of the firm, above which are the words “Wm. Teacher & Sons,” and underneath the words “Highland Whisky, Glasgow,” and at each side of the monogram the words “very old.” At the bottom of the label are the words “This bottle contains one-sixth of a gallon,” and the signature of the firm, “William Teacher & Sons.”

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

Whisky.

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