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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these conditions is £5,000 for the North Island, and £5,000 for the Middle Island.

2. The newly-discovered goldfield must be situated not less than forty miles from any existing goldfield or any existing workings.

3. No reward shall be payable until 50,000 ounces of gold have been produced from the newly-discovered goldfield within three years from the date of its being registered.

4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being desirous of obtaining the reward, shall immediately forward a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an application for reward.

5. No prospecting will be allowed upon Native land without a prospecting license authorising the person therein named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect, in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of "The Mining Act, 1886," inclusive.

No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be made upon Native land without the consent of the Native owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

Tenders for Erection of Stationmaster's House, Wellington.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 15th August, 1888,

THE following successful and unsuccessful tenders for the erection of the Stationmaster's house, Wellington, are published for general information.

By order.
J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Accepted.

Croft and Hunt, Wellington.. .. .. £556 8 0

Declined.

J. Rose, Wellington .. .. .. 537 8 6
R. Grant, Wellington .. .. .. 530 0 0
Clark and Thomson, Wellington .. .. 529 12 10
James Edwards, Wellington.. .. .. 520 10 7
James Wilson, Wellington .. .. .. 498 17 3
Thomson and McLean, Wellington .. .. 489 0 0
Gray and Seamer, Wellington .. .. 462 14 0
John M. Davies, Wellington .. .. 419 15 0
Edwards and Palmer, Wellington .. .. 395 0 0

• Informal.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1888.

NO. 3159.—ARTHUR STEELE FORD, of Thames Goldfields, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for "Ford's Automatic Miners' Lantern."

No. 3160.—CARL AUGUST JOHANSSON, of Flemminggatan 27, Stockholm, Sweden, Mechanist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements relating to the manufacture of butter and to apparatus therefor.

No. 3161.—JOHN MILTON BRYAN, of San Francisco, California, United States of America, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in quartz roller-mills.

No. 3162.—JAMES HOLMES POLLOK, of Glasgow University, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Assistant to the Professor of Chemistry in the said university, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the wet method of extracting gold from crushed ores or other finely-divided auriferous material.

No. 3163.—JAMES THORNE, Merchant, and EBENEZER BANTON BURR, Engineer, both of London, England, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements relating to lamps or lanterns for railway and other purposes.

No. 3164.—THOMAS ALDER DICKSON FORSTER, of Norristown, and GEORGE JORDAN FIRMIN, of Philadelphia, both in Pennsylvania, United States of America, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in apparatus for amalgamating precious metals in crushed or pulverised material containing the same.

And I have appointed Thursday, the 17th day of January 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 2nd day of January 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, 10th August, 1888.

NO. 3165.—ALFRED NAYLOR PEARSON, of Cunningham Street, Northcote, Victoria, Agricultural Chemist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a new process and apparatus for treating soluble and partially-soluble gums, so as to render them fit for industrial purposes.

No. 3166.—ARTHUR FAVIER, of 15, Rue de Richelieu, Paris, France, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the manufacture of explosives and in cartridges formed of or containing such explosives.

No. 3167.—WILLIAM HENRY SINNATT, of Manchester, Lancaster, England, Manager of Works, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in stoppers for bottles and other vessels.

No. 3168.—JOHN WILLIAM COLTON, ALFRED CUTTING COLTON, and WILLIAM EAGLAND LONGBOTTOM, trading under the style or firm of "Messrs. J. Colton and Co.," of Adelaide, South Australia, Merchants, Assignees of CHRISTIAN HEINRICH LEHMANN and JAMES HENRY SOUTHCOTT, also of Adelaide aforesaid, Saddlers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a combined harness and collar for horses.

No. 3169.—DAVID HUTTON, of Adelaide, South Australia, Machinist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved method of calcining pyrites and other gold-bearing ores.

No. 3170.—WILLIAM WEBLEY, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Pianoforte-tuner, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved music-stool, to be called or known as "Webley's Zealandia Music-stool."

And I have appointed Thursday, the 17th day of January 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 2nd day of January 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, 10th August, 1888.

PATENT for an invention for an improved apparatus for shearing sheep.

ROBERT DIXON, of Sydney, New South Wales, Inventor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 22nd day of November 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 7th day of November 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. 3171.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1888.

NO. 3172.—JOHN MITCHELL, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Paper-maker and Stationer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for paper-bags with oval bottoms, and the machine for the manufacture of the same, to be called "The Eclipse Paper-bag Machine."

No. 3173.—SAMUEL CARTER, of Motueka, Nelson, New Zealand, Jam Manufacturer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for the destruction of all kinds of insect-pests on fruit-trees, flowers, and vegetables, to be called "Carter's Patent Insect- and Blight-destroyer."

No. 3174.—GEORGE FREDERICK VAZEY, of Auckland, New Zealand, Potter, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for polishing, cleansing, and generally renovating all kinds of metal-work, to be called "Vazey's Patent Universal Metal-polisher."

No. 3175.—FREDERICK JOSEPH FUCHS, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Hotel Proprietor, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved roller-skate, styled "Fuchs's Perfection Roller-skate."